BEIJING: China’s top legislature reviewed a draft law on building accessible facilities on Thursday, with the aim to better meet the needs of the aging population, disabled people, pregnant women and children. Observers said it’s an important move to push forward China’s human rights protection.
The draft law was submitted to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, for the first review on Thursday.
He Yiting, an official from the NPC Standing Committee’s Social Development Affairs Committee, said that accessible facilities are of great importance to protecting the rights of the disabled and the elderly.
The subject has attracted attention from the central government for a long time as it’s also beneficial to the nation and individuals’ all-around development.
Figures cited from the China Disabled Persons’ Federation show that the nation has 85 million people with disabilities. The population aged above 60 years old was 267 million in 2021, roughly 19 percent of the nation’s population, according to the seventh national census carried out last year.
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
