The second draft of the National Park Law Soliciting Public Opinions | Welcome to Follow and Submit Suggestions

On December 21, 2024, the 13th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress reviewed for the second time the " National Park Law (Draft)". Starting from December 25, 2024, the second draft has entered the online public consultation phase.

 


During the first round of public comment solicitation, the Biodiversity Conservation in Our Neighborhood Working Group of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) proposed 17 suggestions, including suggesting to expand channels for public participation, considering climate change factors, suggesting further clarification of the standards and basis for reasonably determining the number and scale of national parks, and  increasing consideration for ecological connectivity and biological corridors surrounding national parks.

 

During the second review on December 21, 2024, the Constitutional and Legal Committee of the National People's Congress proposed strengthening the coordination between the central and local governments, as well as between local governments for the management of national parks; at the same time, it also suggested further strengthening the support and protection for the construction of national parks, adding regulations for strengthening the training of professional talent for national parks, adding regulations for the legal protection of national park logos, and clarifying that the preliminary work for the establishment of national parks by provincial governments and the compensation funds related to wildlife damage in national park areas should be subsidized by the central finance as stipulated.

 


The deadline for the public solicitation on the second draft of the "National Park Law" is January 23, 2025. The public can directly log on to www.npc.gov.cn or flk.npc.gov.cn to submit the opinions, or mail opinions to the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (Address: No. 1, Qianmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, Postal Code: 100805)

 

Original Chinese Article: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/A1pmqsnhyshP5GCXZ0Ga6g

Translator: Sara

Reviewed by: Richard

Editor: Sara    

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