Other proposals for amendments

Chinese citizens running for seats as lawmakers should not receive any kind of election-related support from foreign organizations or individuals, according to the latest proposal of a draft amendment to the election law of the National People's Congress.

The top legislature will discuss a draft law to regulate the awarding of national honors and medals of honor. According to the draft, award ceremonies for national honors will be held with certain procedures during major festivals or on memorial days.

Amendments to three laws, on education, higher education and the promotion of privately run education, were sent to the National People's Congress Standing Committee for a first reading. The amendments aim to ban those caught cheating from taking future tests and to punish those facilitating such cheating. Currently, education institutions are authorized to disqualify cheaters and render their scores invalid. In severe cases, education administrators can ban cheaters from attending such exams for one to three years.