Off the wire
Iran denies supporting Taliban of Afghanistan  • Top news in major S. African news outlets  • Hong Kong stocks close 0.09 pct lower  • Top news items in major Zambia media outlets  • S. Korea denies behind-the-scene heavyweight's intervention in THAAD decision  • Urgent: "Change and Reform" bloc votes in Lebanon presidential election, 1st time in 2.5 years  • 1st LD-Writethru: Chinese shares close lower Monday  • New Zealand to commemorate blood shed in colonial wars  • China calls on EU to fulfill obligations under Beijing's WTO accession protocol  • U.S. supreme court unprecedentedly to hear transgender case  
You are here:   Home

Chinese legislators deliberate draft nuclear safety law

Xinhua, October 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's top legislature started deliberating a draft nuclear safety law on Monday to improve the way in which the country contains nuclear risks.

The draft, currently in its first reading at the bimonthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, proposes the establishment of an emergency response fund in case of nuclear accidents.

It also specifies rules for the publicity of information. Endi