The 17th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress was held in Beijing, and it is proposed to adopt the draft amendment to the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste.


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2020-04-28

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The 17th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) held its first plenary session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of April 26. Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC, presided over the meeting.

  Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 26 -- The first plenary meeting of the 17th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress was held on the afternoon of April 26 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, presided over by Chairman Li Zhanshu.

 It is suggested that the draft amendment to the Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law be passed

  The meeting listened to a report by Xu Hui, vice chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress, on the examination results of the draft amendment to the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste. The third draft of the bill adds provisions to strengthen the management of medical waste, especially medical waste in the process of responding to major infectious disease epidemics, further coordinate the classification of urban and rural domestic waste, strengthen the environmental sanitation management of farmers' markets and agricultural product wholesale markets, and increase efforts to prevent and control environmental pollution caused by construction waste. The Constitution and Law Committee believes that the draft amendment is relatively mature and recommends that it be submitted to the current Standing Committee meeting for deliberation and adoption.

  The meeting listened to a report by Huang Runqiu, vice minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, on behalf of the State Council, on the environmental conditions and the completion of environmental protection targets in 2019, and on the handling of the report and examination opinions of the law enforcement inspection report on the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law.