Six laws were enacted, eight laws were amended, and 11 decisions on legal issues and major issues were adopted......In the first year of the Standing Committee of the 14 th National People's Congress (NPC) in its first year of assuming its duties, the legislative work has taken on the distinctive characteristics of heavy weight, high quality, and large quantity.
The Patriotic Education Law, the Food Security Law, the Barrier-free Environment Construction Law, and the Foreign Relations Law ......Over the past year, the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress has fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, exercised its legislative functions and powers conferred by the Constitution and laws, and provided a solid legal guarantee for the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation with high-quality legislation.
Bear in mind the "great man of the country".
On December 29, 2023, the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress voted to pass the Food Security Law, which will come into force on June 1, 2024.
Cangli is solid, and the world is safe. The enactment of the Food Security Law is of far-reaching significance for adhering to the national food security strategy, improving the food security work system, strengthening risk prevention and emergency management, and consolidating the foundation of food security in an all-round way.
To provide more powerful legal safeguards for the new era and new journey, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has continuously improved the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics with the Constitution at its core.
The Standing Committee of the new NPC has implemented the party's overall leadership in all aspects of the entire process of legislative work, and has ensured in the legal system that the party's theory, line, principles, and policies are fully implemented and effectively implemented.
Patriotism is the core of the Chinese national spirit. **The general secretary made a series of important expositions, made a series of important instructions and instructions, and put forward a series of clear requirements on promoting the spirit of patriotism and carrying out patriotic education.
On October 24, 2023, the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress voted to pass the Patriotism Education Law, which promotes and guarantees patriotic education in the new era in a legal manner, guides people to deeply understand the trinity of patriotism, love for the Party, and love for socialism, and organically unifies it in the great practice of taking the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
Escort high-quality development.
The newly revised Company Law regulates the organization and behavior of the company and protects the legitimate rights and interests of the company, shareholders, employees and creditors ......The seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress voted to pass the newly revised Company Law, which will come into force on July 1, 2024.
In the new era and new journey, the task of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way is arduous and arduous, and there are many legislative needs and high requirements in various fields. Legislative work must keep up with the pace of the times and inject new momentum into the rule of law into high-quality development.
When the country is strong, the economic system must be strong. We will deliberate on the draft law on rural collective economic organizations, the draft law on customs duties, and the draft law on value-added tax, speed up the pace of economic legislation, and take multiple measures to protect market entities, maintain market order, and boost market confidence, so as to escort the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system.
Strengthening the construction of foreign-related rule of law is not only a long-term need for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, but also an urgent task to promote high-level opening up and respond to external risks and challenges.
The Foreign Relations Law and the Foreign State Immunity Law have been enacted, the Civil Procedure Law and the Counter-Espionage Law have been amended, and the breadth and depth of legislation in the field of foreign affairs have been continuously expanded, so as to build a solid foundation for the rule of law to expand high-level opening-up, enhance international exchanges, and safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests.
Live up to the people's expectations.
On November 29, 2023, in the winter, the grassroots legislative contact point of Xiaobailou Street, Heping District, Tianjin City, was warm, and a legislative consultation meeting on the revised draft of cultural relics protection was underway.
In the law, it should be made clear that cultural relics departments or law enforcement agencies at all levels should pay attention to the public's complaints and reports of illegal acts against cultural relics in a timely manner, and increase the degree of accountability for vandalism. ”
Participating in the consultation meeting were old neighbors of the old street, cultural preservation volunteers, architectural designers, etc., and the participants came prepared with "words from the heart", and the atmosphere was warm.
The "golden ideas" from the masses of the people have been transformed into the "golden key" of legislation for the people. Over the past year, the legislative work has paid attention to and responded to the people's thoughts, hopes and wishes, and has constantly asked the people about their plans and needs.
The voice of the people goes straight to the national legislature. In 2023, the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress will set up 13 additional grassroots legislative contact points, and the current 45 grassroots legislative contact points have led the provincial and municipal people's congresses to set up more than 6,500 legislative contact points.
Over the past year, legislative work has given full play to democracy, built consensus on legislation, embodied and safeguarded the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people, strengthened the protection of human rights under the rule of law, safeguarded social fairness and justice, and strived to make every law full of public opinion, close to the people's livelihood, and in line with the will of the people.
Formulate the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ecological protection, revise the marine environmental protection, make a decision to establish a national ecological day, and actively promote the compilation ......of ecological and environmental codesWe will further improve the legal system for ecological and environmental protection, so that the law will be filled with the public opinion that "you can see the clear waters and green mountains".
The well-being of the people is related to the law.
The Law on the Construction of a Barrier-free Environment was enacted, the Criminal Law Amendment (12) was passed, and the Administrative Reconsideration Law and the Charity Law were amended ......Strengthen the protection of people's livelihood and the rule of law in social governance, and a series of legislation in the field of people's livelihood will help to do practical things that benefit the people, and contribute to the rule of law in efforts to create a good social environment where the people can work, live in peace, be healthy, and feel at ease.
The rule of law is safe, and good law and good governance are good. Looking back at the continuous emergence of good laws that embody the party's propositions, conform to the spirit of the Constitution, and reflect the will of the people, the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress has done a solid job in legislative work in the new era, with the "great man of the country" in mind, serving high-quality development, and full of people's expectations, so as to contribute to the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country on the track of the rule of law.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 29, reporter Xiong Feng).