The State Council Information Office (SCIO) holds a press conference on unswervingly advancing socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 12, 2025. Yin Bai, secretary general of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Shen Chunyao, director of the National People's Congress Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission, He Xiaorong, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, Zhang Xueqiao, deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Yang Weilin, vice minister of public security, and Wu Yanjun, vice minister of justice, attended the press conference here on Friday. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The National People's Congress (NPC) and its standing committee enacted a total of 36 new laws since 2021, said a senior Chinese legislator on Friday.
Since 2021, the NPC, China's top legislative body, and its standing committee, also made 63 revisions to existing laws, passed 35 decisions on legal issues and major matters, and issued one legal interpretation, said Shen Chunyao, director of the NPC Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission, at a press conference.
Currently, China has 306 laws in effect, more than 600 administrative and supervisory regulations, and over 14,000 local regulations, according to Shen. ■
The State Council Information Office (SCIO) holds a press conference on unswervingly advancing socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 12, 2025. Yin Bai, secretary general of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Shen Chunyao, director of the National People's Congress Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission, He Xiaorong, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, Zhang Xueqiao, deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Yang Weilin, vice minister of public security, and Wu Yanjun, vice minister of justice, attended the press conference here on Friday. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
Yin Bai, secretary general of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on unswervingly advancing socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 12, 2025. Yin Bai, secretary general of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Shen Chunyao, director of the National People's Congress Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission, He Xiaorong, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, Zhang Xueqiao, deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Yang Weilin, vice minister of public security, and Wu Yanjun, vice minister of justice, attended the press conference here on Friday. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
A journalist asks a question at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on unswervingly advancing socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 12, 2025. Yin Bai, secretary general of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Shen Chunyao, director of the National People's Congress Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission, He Xiaorong, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, Zhang Xueqiao, deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Yang Weilin, vice minister of public security, and Wu Yanjun, vice minister of justice, attended the press conference here on Friday. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
Journalists work at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on unswervingly advancing socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 12, 2025. Yin Bai, secretary general of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Shen Chunyao, director of the National People's Congress Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission, He Xiaorong, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, Zhang Xueqiao, deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Yang Weilin, vice minister of public security, and Wu Yanjun, vice minister of justice, attended the press conference here on Friday. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
