Photo taken on May 22, 2020 shows the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING - The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, started its 31st session Tuesday to review multiple draft laws and law amendments.
The session's agenda includes reviewing draft laws on family education promotion, land borders, wetlands protection, futures, and anti-telecom fraud.
The family education promotion law, submitted for its third reading, aims to ban parents from placing an excessive academic burden on their children.
The family education promotion law, submitted for its third reading, aims to ban parents from placing an excessive academic burden on their children
The draft stipulates that parents or other guardians of minors should appropriately organize childrens' time for study, rest, recreation and physical exercise.
Parents should also play their part in preventing their children from being addicted to the internet, the draft reads.
Meanwhile, a draft law on anti-telecom and online fraud has been submitted to the ongoing session for the first reading.
The draft proposes real-name registration and login in telecom and internet service and calls for strengthening punishment against illegal selling, renting, and lending of telecom, Internet of Things, financial and online accounts.
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Lawmakers will also deliberate draft amendments to the Audit Law, the Anti-monopoly Law, and the Civil Procedure Law, among others.
The session will run until Saturday.