Legislation mulled to protect Yangtze River environment

Judicial officials and experts called on China to draft a law protecting the environment and ecology of regions along the Yangtze River to prevent the key area from being polluted further.

"We suggested that China's top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, put the law's draft on its agenda after we received 18 motions of river protection and environmental restoration from deputies since 2012," said Yuan Si, vice-chairman of the NPC's Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee.

He spoke about the legislation plan on Monday during the International Seminar on Environmental Adjudication, held by the ClientEarth and the Supreme People's Court.