Voting is tightly controlled and the laws were previously approved by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders.
The two legislative bodies of China are holding their annual plenary meetings this weekend in Beijing, with the participation of more than 3,000 representatives from all regions of this country of more than 1,400 million inhabitants.
The agenda for the session, which opens this Sunday, includes bills on topics as diverse as the birth boostthe consumption of dog and cat meatsex education or taiwan.
In this sense, one of the deputies stated that he would present proposals to promote the “civil exchanges” with Taiwan, a democratic island that Beijing considers part of its territory.
The same official recalled that “Beijing’s global strategy to resolve the Taiwan issue” has been strengthened in the past year, adding that “mainland China will accelerate national unification.”
Another proposal is boost the birth rate in the country. Among them are free education until the end of university for all children born from 2024or the extension of maternity leave -until now reserved for full-time employees- to self-employed businesswomen and peasant women.
It is also contemplated to grant unmarried women the same rights as married women and lift the restrictions to register in the civil registry children born out of wedlock.
Another of the proposals is to have a law approved on cyberacousespecially after the suicide of a young woman who suffered a campaign of attacks on networks after publishing a photo with hair dyed pink. The country does not currently have a legal definition of cyberbullying.
On the other hand, it is also sought that nurseries have educational material of sex education.
They want to regulate the “chaos” of digital influencers for young people and improve the content monitoring live in which children appear.
Another of the deputies wants to fight against the killing of dogs and cats and against trade and consumption of its meat.
The same legislator proposes an activity that goes precisely against the rights of animals, which is that the population can access “the demand for power shoot fireworks“during holidays.
The use of these rockets is rregulated or even banned in many cities for security reasons and for the noise nuisance it can generate. Zhao proposes that enable special zones.
These sessions rarely hold surprises, since their votes are tightly controlled and the laws were previously approved by the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)the highest instance of power in the Asian power.
The authorities close down the region’s factories on those days to ensure blue skies, deploy large numbers of police officers, and urge (and sometimes force) political dissidents to leave. going on vacation” far from the capital.
It is also the only time of the year when the country’s most powerful politicians meet in one placewhich favors behind-the-scenes negotiations, contacts and the betrayals.
This meeting will also be the first since China reversed its strict “zero covid” policy, although attendees and the media were asked to remain in quarantine in a hotel the night before its start.
A statement published this week announced that the meetings will include discussions on “a plan to reform the institutions of the Party and the State”, which has led experts to speculate about a possible revision of the national security apparatus.
The release of details on military spending will offer signs of China’s confidence in current geopolitical conditions, from tensions in the Taiwan Strait to the conflict in Ukraine.
With information from AFP
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