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7.
Secondly,
in 1979
the NPC approved the
establishment of local Peoples Congress Standing Committees
could establish local laws for ratification by the
which
NPC.
So far over 2,000 regional laws had been passed by
local People's Congresses.
Conclusion and the Way Forward
8.
It was explained that popular claims that PRC only
aimed at economic reforms were untrue. The change from the
1人治
) to the rule of law (ii) was a
major political reform. It was important that the pace of
political reforms had to take into account the stability of
rule of man
the country.
9.
build
The major future task of the Commission was to
the up
authority and status of laws So as to
safeguard the spirit of
( 民主法治精神
democracy and the rule of law
). This means that even the Communist
Party would have to abide by the law and be governed by the
country's constitution.
laws and to ensure
182 laws had been
Another task was to enact more new
that they were observed. Since 1979,
passed by the NPC, including the Basic
Law for the Hong Kong SAR. Over 500 laws were currently
under preparation or
consideration.
increase in the coming years.
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The number would