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Written by: Wang Zhaoyang
2020-05-21 21:30
Date of last update: 2020-05-21 22:11The third session of the 13th NPC will be held in Beijing on May 22. Tonight (21st), the National People's Congress held a press conference in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Speakers of the conference answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on issues related to the agenda and work of the National People's Congress.
According to the news, in response to Hong Kong's potential threat to national security, the agenda of this year's National People's Congress includes a new "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" to plug Hong Kong's national security loopholes. A spokesperson for the National People's Congress announced the situation tonight at a press conference.
Zhang Yesui, spokesman of the National People's Congress and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, said at a press conference that the 13th National People's Congress actually has 2,956 deputies, and 2902 deputies have reported to the congress. He said that more than a year after the Second Session of the 13th National People's Congress, a total of 47 draft laws and draft decisions were reviewed and 34 were approved. The supervision work has been carried out around major reform and development tasks, played the role of representative, and made new progress in contacting representatives and serving representatives.
Zhang Yesui, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress. (Screenshot of the movie)
Zhang Yesui said that the 7-day parliamentary session of the People's Congress will open on the morning of the 22nd and close on the afternoon of the 28th. Three plenary sessions will be arranged.
Zhang Yesui released the agenda of the conference. The fifth item of the agenda is "Review of the Proposal of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to submit to the" Decision of the National People's Congress on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanism of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Maintain National Security (Draft) ".
"Hong Kong 01" was previously informed that the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" mainly targets four types of behaviors, including subversion of state power, secession of the country, terrorist activities, and interference by external forces. Terrorist activities are not covered by Article 23 of the Basic Law. Among the 7 points listed in Article 23 of the Basic Law, treason, incitement to rebellion, and theft of state secrets are not covered by the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law."
Other agendas include:
First, review the government work report; Second, review the implementation of the 2019 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the report of the 2020 National Economic and Social Development Plan, and the 2020 National Economic and Social Development Plan; Third, review the 2019 Central and Social Development Plan The implementation of the local budget and the report on the draft central and local budgets for 2020, and the draft central and local budgets for 2020; Fourth, to consider the proposal of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to consider the "Civil Code of the People's Republic of China (Draft)"; Six, Review the work report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; 7. Review the work report of the Supreme People's Court; 8. Review the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate; 9. Other matters.
At the press conference, the reporter was asking questions. (Screenshot of the movie)
Surging news question: We are concerned that after the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress made a decision to comprehensively ban illegal wildlife trade and excessive consumption of wild animals. May I ask, what special considerations and practical significance does this decision have? Another point, after this, the NPC Standing Committee meeting not only discussed the contents of the draft Biosecurity Law, but also conducted a preliminary review of the revised draft of the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law. Therefore, we would also like to ask, how will the National People's Congress strengthen the legal guarantee of public health in the future?
Zhang Yesui: Since the outbreak, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has performed its duties in accordance with the law and acted swiftly. It has mainly done four aspects of work: First, it issued the "Decision on the Comprehensive Prohibition of Illicit Trade and Edible Wildlife". Second, consider the draft of the Biosecurity Law and the revised draft of the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law. Third, deploy and initiate legislation and amendments to strengthen the public health legal system. Fourth, publicize and interpret the epidemic prevention and control laws to provide legal support for epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development.
China currently has more than 30 laws related to the protection of the rule of law in public health. These laws have generally withstood the test and played an active role in this epidemic exam, but there are also some shortcomings and deficiencies. Next, an important task of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is to further improve and strengthen the public health rule of law security system through legislation and amendment. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has formulated a special plan and set up a special working class. The plan is to formulate 17 laws to be revised this year and next, and 13 laws to be revised in due course. The focus is to improve and perfect the newly drafted Biosecurity Law for approval during the year; to revise the Wildlife Protection Law and to submit it for review in the second half of this year; to complete the revision of the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law as soon as possible; to revise the border health and quarantine law; Laws such as the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and the Law on Coping with Emergencies should be carefully evaluated and revised in a targeted manner.
The press conference site. (Screenshot of the movie)
China's military expenditure per capita is only equivalent to one-seventh of the United States
Fuji TV Japan asked: I would like to ask about China's defense budget. At the 70th anniversary parade last year, many new weapons and equipment were displayed, and the aircraft carrier Shandong served. However, the outside world has repeatedly expressed concern about the lack of transparency in China's military spending. China's defense budget has increased every year. How much will the budget reach this year? In addition, the negative impact of the epidemic on China's economy is inevitable. Will China's defense budget be reduced correspondingly compared to last year? If not, why?
Zhang Yesui: China pursues a defensive national defense policy. Regardless of the total amount, per capita, or proportion of GDP in China's national defense expenditure, it is moderate and restrained. From a global perspective, China's defense expenditure accounted for about 1.3% of GDP for many years, which should be said to be much lower than the world average of 2.6%. If compared with the largest military spending country, the total amount of China's defense expenditure in 2019 is only a quarter of it, and per capita is only one-seventeenth of it.
According to the Budget Law of the People's Republic of China, the national defense budget is reviewed and approved by the National People's Congress every year. Since 2007, China has submitted military expenditure reports to the United Nations every year. It is clear where the money comes from and where it goes. There is no such thing as "hidden military expenditure".
People's Daily reporter asked questions. (Screenshot of the movie)
People's Daily asked: This meeting will review the draft civil code, the public has high expectations for this. I would like to ask, what impact will the compilation of such a civil code have on China's economic and social development and the lives of ordinary people?
Zhang Yesui: Codification of the Civil Code is a major legislative task determined by the Fourth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Party. The codification work takes "two steps". The first step is to formulate general rules of civil law. This work has been completed in 2017. The second step is to compile and compile, and eventually merge with the general rules of civil law to form a unified civil code. Since August 2018, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has reviewed and revised several sub-drafts several times, forming a draft civil code and submitting it to this conference for deliberation.
Sing Tao Daily reporter asked questions. (Screenshot of the movie)
Question from Sing Tao Daily: The fifth item on the agenda of the National People ’s Congress is “Reviewing the Proposal of the Standing Committee of the National People ’s Congress to submit a review of the“ Decision of the National People ’s Congress on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanism for the Maintenance of National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Draft) ” What are the considerations of the National People's Congress?
Zhang Yesui: National security is an important cornerstone of Anbang's determination of the country, and safeguarding national security is the fundamental interest of the people of Hong Kong, including Hong Kong. The Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Party made it clear that a legal system and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding the national security of the Special Economic Zone should be established and perfected. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inseparable part of the People ’s Republic of China, and the National People ’s Congress is the highest authority. It is absolutely necessary for the National People's Congress to exercise the powers conferred by the Constitution in accordance with the new situation and needs, and to uphold and improve the system of one country, two systems.
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