Chinanews client, Beijing, February 28th, unknowingly, the time is about to enter March!

The Criminal Law Amendment (11) was officially implemented, the new version of the National Medical Insurance Drug Catalog was launched, and the new education and punishment regulations were implemented... Which new policies and regulations in March are closely related to your life?

Data map: Artificial intelligence robots to popularize law enter elementary schools to carry out law popularization activities.

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The Criminal Law Amendment (11) officially implements the adjustment of the age of criminal responsibility

　　The criminal law amendment (11) that has received much attention will be officially implemented on March 1, 2021.

　　The Criminal Law Amendment (11) consists of 48 articles, in response to prominent issues of concern to the people such as juvenile delinquency, epidemic prevention and control, financial market chaos, etc., to revise and improve the Criminal Law.

　　It is worth noting that the amendment adjusts the relevant provisions on the age of criminal responsibility, stipulating that persons who have reached the age of 12 but not the age of 14 shall commit the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, cause death or cause serious disability by using special cruel methods. If the circumstances are bad and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate has approved the prosecution, it shall bear criminal responsibility.

Fleeing corrupt officials can be tried in absentia

　　The "Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China" shall come into force on March 1, 2021.

　　The above-mentioned "Interpretation" has set up a special chapter to refine the procedure of trial in absentia.

It stipulates that for crimes of corruption and bribery, as well as the need for timely trial, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate has approved serious national security crimes, terrorist activities, and criminal suspects or defendants are outside the country, the default procedures can be applied to make judgments in accordance with the law. And deal with illegal gains and other property involved in the case, and never allow corrupt elements and other criminals to escape the law and evade punishment.

　　In addition, violent crimes that seriously endanger public safety and seriously affect the people’s sense of security, such as kidnapping, robbery, and bombing crimes, as well as cases that have a bad social impact and are of wide concern from all walks of life, such as sexual assault of minors, challenge the law and society For serious crimes with ethical bottom-line, even if the defendant pleads guilty and punished, those who should be severely sentenced must still be severely sentenced according to law.

The new version of the National Medical Insurance Drug List will be launched

　　Entering March, there are also new changes for ordinary people to see a doctor.

　　The new version of the National Medical Insurance Drug List will be officially launched nationwide from March 1, 2021.

　　In order to support the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, this adjustment attaches great importance to the protection of drugs related to the treatment of new crown pneumonia. Ribavirin injection, arbidol granules and other drugs have been added to the catalog and listed in the latest version of the national new crown pneumonia diagnosis and treatment plan All medicines have been included in the National Medical Insurance List.

　　In addition, through this catalog adjustment, a total of 119 drugs have been added to the catalog, and the prices of many exclusive drugs have dropped significantly, and the burden of patients' expenses will be further reduced.

Data map: A primary school student in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province is conducting a school opening exercise.

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The new education discipline rules clearly prohibit teachers from seven types of behavior

　　The "Primary and Secondary School Educational Disciplinary Rules (Trial)" formulated and promulgated by the Ministry of Education will be implemented from March 1. The new plan has set 7 red lines to clarify punishment standards.

　　The "Rules" pointed out that when it is really necessary, schools and teachers can implement educational punishments when students are in disobedience, disrupting order, anomie, dangerous, or infringing on rights and interests.

　　The "Rules" clearly prohibits seven types of inappropriate educational behaviors, delimits teacher behavior red lines, and stipulates penalties for teachers who cross the border to facilitate supervision by all parties.

　　According to the new regulations, in the process of education and teaching management and the implementation of education punishment, teachers shall not use corporal punishment that directly causes physical pain by hitting, stabbing, etc.; shall not educate and discipline students based on their academic performance; and shall not perform such punishment because of personal emotions, likes and dislikes. Selective implementation of educational punishment, etc.

Will not be willful in the future

　　From March 1, 2021, the "Regulations on the Administration of Pollution Discharge Permits" will be officially implemented.

　　One of the highlights of the regulations is the clear requirements for the main responsibility of the pollutant discharge unit.

For example, pollutant discharge units must operate and maintain pollution prevention facilities, build standardized pollutant discharge outlets, conduct self-monitoring in accordance with the requirements of ecological environment management, and keep original monitoring records. Key pollutant discharge units need to be connected to the monitoring equipment of the ecological environment authority. The retention period of monitoring records and environmental management ledger shall not be less than 5 years.

　　Regarding the legal liability of illegal sewage discharge, the regulations have strictly stipulated.

For example, for acts such as unlicensed pollutant discharge, the competent department of ecological environment shall order corrections or order restriction of production, suspension of production for rectification, and impose a fine of 200,000 yuan to 1 million yuan; if the circumstances are serious, report to the people's government with the right to approve for approval. Order to suspend business and close down.

If the pollutant discharging unit refuses to cooperate with the supervision and inspection by the competent department of ecological environment or resorts to falsification during the supervision and inspection, it will be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan.

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Photo by Huang Weiming

Prohibition of idle and barren farmland

　　The "Administrative Measures for the Circulation of Rural Land Management Rights" promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will come into effect on March 1, 2021.

　　The above-mentioned "Measures" strengthened the protection of cultivated land and the promotion of food production.

On the one hand, strictly prevent the "non-grainization" of cultivated land, clarify that the transfer of land management rights must ensure that agricultural land is used for agricultural purposes and give priority to food production. It is important to review whether the management project meets the industrial plan of food production and other levels. The rural sector should strengthen services and encourage the transferee to develop grain production.

　　On the other hand, resolutely stop the “non-agriculturalization” of cultivated land, and clarify that the transferee of land management rights shall protect the land in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, and prohibit the change of agricultural use of the land; prohibit idle and barren cultivated land, and prohibit the occupation of cultivated land to build kilns and construction. Tombs or building houses on cultivated land, digging sand, quarrying, mining, borrowing soil, etc.; it is prohibited to occupy permanent basic farmland to develop forestry and fruit industry and dig ponds to raise fish.

Clean up and cancel unreasonable charges for water supply and power supply

　　The National Development and Reform Commission and other five departments issued the "Opinions on Cleaning up and Regulating the Charges for the Urban Water Supply, Power Supply, Gas and Heating Industry to Promote the High-quality Development of the Industry" effective from March 1, 2021.

　　Opinions requested that unreasonable charges be cleared and cancelled.

　　This includes the cancellation of the water supply fee, capacity expansion fee, installation fee and other similar account opening fees charged by the water supply company and its affiliated or entrusted installation engineering company in the water application and installation project acceptance link. Completion verification fee, completed wire measurement fee, pipeline detection fee, hook fee, rhinestone engineering fee, meeting fee, drawing fee and other similar project costs, etc.

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