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[h=1]China will promote biosecurity law as soon as possible[/h] [h=4][/h]
March 02, 2020 23:51
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 2 (Reporters: Mei Changwei, Ding Peng) Ministry of National Defense spokesman Wu Qian said at a press conference on the army ’s support to fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the 2nd that China will promote the introduction of the Biosafety Law as soon as possible and accelerate Establish a national biosafety law and regulation system and an institutional guarantee system.
Wu Qian said that strengthening national biosafety is a common practice in various countries, and the international community has always attached great importance to biosafety issues. In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development adopted Agenda 21 and the Convention on Biological Diversity, which specifically addressed the issue of biosafety. From the perspective of protecting people's health, safeguarding national security, and maintaining long-term public security, China has decided to incorporate biosafety into the national security system, systematically plan the construction of national biosafety risk prevention and control systems, and comprehensively improve national biosafety governance capabilities.
"The occurrence of this epidemic has further highlighted the importance of biosafety." Wu Qian said, "China will promote the promulgation of the biosafety law as soon as possible, and accelerate the establishment of a national biosafety legal and regulatory system and institutional guarantee system."
http://legal.people.com.cn/n1/2020/0302/c42510-31613435.html
March 02, 2020 23:51
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 2 (Reporters: Mei Changwei, Ding Peng) Ministry of National Defense spokesman Wu Qian said at a press conference on the army ’s support to fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the 2nd that China will promote the introduction of the Biosafety Law as soon as possible and accelerate Establish a national biosafety law and regulation system and an institutional guarantee system.
Wu Qian said that strengthening national biosafety is a common practice in various countries, and the international community has always attached great importance to biosafety issues. In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development adopted Agenda 21 and the Convention on Biological Diversity, which specifically addressed the issue of biosafety. From the perspective of protecting people's health, safeguarding national security, and maintaining long-term public security, China has decided to incorporate biosafety into the national security system, systematically plan the construction of national biosafety risk prevention and control systems, and comprehensively improve national biosafety governance capabilities.
"The occurrence of this epidemic has further highlighted the importance of biosafety." Wu Qian said, "China will promote the promulgation of the biosafety law as soon as possible, and accelerate the establishment of a national biosafety legal and regulatory system and institutional guarantee system."
http://legal.people.com.cn/n1/2020/0302/c42510-31613435.html