China News Service, Beijing, June 4th (Chen Hang) The 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 15th Beijing Municipal People's Congress was held on the 4th. Sun Jie, chairman of the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress Ethnic and Religious Overseas Chinese Affairs Foreign Affairs Committee, made a report on the results of the deliberation of the proposals submitted by the deputies of the Bureau of the Third Session of the 15th Municipal People’s Congress. The reporter learned that the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress has included the "Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Overseas Chinese in Beijing" in the five-year legislative plan of the new National People's Congress in 2018. The legislative procedures will be officially launched in 2019 and will be included in the 2020 project demonstration project.
During the third session of the 15th Beijing Municipal People's Congress, Li Jing and 17 other representatives jointly proposed the "Proposal on Promoting Legislation for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Overseas Chinese in Beijing" (hereinafter referred to as the "Proposal"). The Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress shall submit a report on the deliberation results, which shall be reviewed by the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress.
The bill proposes that as Beijing promotes the construction of the nation's "four centers" and strengthens the construction of the "international exchange center", overseas Chinese will play a more important and positive role in opening up Beijing and international exchanges.
The bill mentions that the legislation on the protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese in Beijing is in the blank, and there are no local laws and regulations specifically aimed at protecting overseas Chinese. Beijing now has the conditions for legislation, and relevant regulations should be promulgated to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of overseas Chinese.
The proposal suggests that the "Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Overseas Chinese in Beijing" can be divided into the following five chapters: General Provisions, Basic Rights and Interests Protection, Investment and Entrepreneurship Protection, Services and Security, Legal Liability and Supplementary Provisions.
The Minzong Overseas Chinese Commission believes that Beijing, as a new hometown of overseas Chinese, has about 1.26 million overseas Chinese nationals of Beijing. It has unique advantages in capital, technology and management. Returning to China and investing in business has become an important force for the high-quality development of the capital’s economy and society. Irreplaceable role.
Sun Jie said that the necessity and importance of formulating the "Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Overseas Chinese in Beijing" have become increasingly prominent, and it is necessary to further increase work and actively and orderly advance. The Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress has included it in the five-year legislative plan of the new National People's Congress in 2018, officially launched the legislative process in 2019, and included it in the 2020 project demonstration project.
Sun Jie said that the next step will be to speed up the demonstration work of legislative projects. Invited the CPPCC Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Overseas Chinese and Foreign Affairs Committee, Zhi Gong Party Beijing Municipal Committee, City Overseas Chinese Federation, City European and American Students Association and other departments to participate in in-depth discussions with the relevant departments and units of the municipal government on important content and difficult issues related to regulations Fully demonstrate. (Finish)