
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese top legislator Li Zhanshu has called for a new law to define the boundaries of biotechnological development in the country.
Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, made the call at a symposium held on Wednesday to hear advice on drafting a biosecurity law.
Li expected such a law to establish fundamental institutions and principles of biosecurity, highlight risk prevention, and help safeguard the country's biosecurity and people's lives and health.
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