(China in the past ten years) to strengthen national security legislation, China has formulated and revised more than 20 laws in ten years
China News Service, Beijing, April 25 (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) Tong Weidong, director of the National Law Office of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said in Beijing on the 25th that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has formulated and revised more than 20 laws directly related to national security. , and basically formed a national security legal system that adapts to the strategic security environment.
On April 25th, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a series of press conferences on the theme of "This Decade of China" in Beijing. Tong Weidong, director of the National Law Office of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the NPC Standing Committee, and Yang Zhaoye, director of the Research Office of the Hong Kong and Macau Basic Law Committees of the NPC Standing Committee, introduced the achievements and progress of legislative work in the new era, and answered questions from reporters.
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On the same day, the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a press conference on the achievements and progress of legislative work in the new era.
Tong Weidong introduced the legislative work related to national security by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in the past ten years:
In the national security legal system, the National Security Law enacted in 2015 plays a leading, comprehensive and fundamental role. This law clarifies the leadership system for national security and regulates the political, economic, military, territorial and other fields of the country. Security mandates and institutional measures.
Enact and amend laws directly related to national security.
Including: the anti-espionage law, the national intelligence law, and the cryptography law to maintain national political security; the export control law to maintain economic security; the national defense law, military service law, people's armed police law, military facility protection law, national defense transportation law, maritime law to maintain military security Police Law; Land and Border Law to maintain Homeland Security; Anti-Terrorism Law to Maintain Social Security, Domestic Management Law of Overseas Non-Governmental Organizations; Network Security Law, Data Security Law, and Personal Information Protection Law to maintain network security; Safety law; nuclear safety law to maintain nuclear safety.
"In addition, we have also formulated an anti-foreign sanctions law to counter the containment and suppression of my country by individual countries, formulated the Hong Kong National Security Law, and established and improved the legal system and enforcement mechanism for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to safeguard national security." Tong Weidong said.
He said that each law and each system, like battlements and bricks, build the Great Wall of Law to safeguard national security.
In addition, according to this press conference, the number of legislations in China has increased significantly in the past ten years.
Compared with the previous decade, the number of newly enacted laws has increased by one-third, the number of amended laws has increased by nearly 2 times, and the number of passed decisions on legal issues and major issues has increased by 1.5 times.
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