Trademark Law amendment adopted at concluding NPC session (2)

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Trademark Law amendment adopted at concluding NPC session (2)

(Xinhua) 20:00, August 30, 2013

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When briefing on legislators' feedback regarding the first two reports, Zhang said lawmakers have acknowledged the economic progress that China has accomplished this year.

However, he said, legislators are also aware that China's economic development is imbalanced, unsustainable and the country now faces a grave situation featuring a slowdown in fiscal revenue growth and payment imbalance.

Zhang called for much attention to be focused on the aforementioned problems and for hard work to accomplish the government's annual growth target, which was set at 7.5 percent earlier this year.

The NPC Standing Committee chairman urged the State Council and government departments to closely monitor China's economic performance, financial revenue and expenditure and optimize the country's expenditure structure.

On Thursday, the legislature held an inquiry session regarding the report on the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

With State Council members having to take questions from lawmakers on matters of widespread public concern at this session, such procedures are one of the means by which the NPC oversees the State Council, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

While urging government departments to study the suggestions put forward by legislators and tackle problems that are thrown up, Zhang called on legislators to enforce follow-up supervision accordingly.

Also on Friday, Zhang said assessing the implementation of the Law on Renewable Energy will be an important agenda for the NPC Standing Committee to fulfil its role of supervision this year.

Legislators said it was important to prioritize the development of the renewable energy sector and use stronger measures to implement the law.

On Friday, the NPC Standing Committee also adopted two amendments to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, listing nine new pollutants and endosulfan, an insecticide, as well as a number of appointments and removals.