Xinhua reported that, at the Communist Central’s Deepening Reform meeting on February 14, 2020, Xi Jinping gave an important direction on how to handle the control of the coronavirus epidemic, including biosafety, as part of the national security system.
Xi stressed, “(We) must strengthen the legal protection of public health… Incorporate biosafety into the national security system, systematically plan the development of a national biosafety risk control system, comprehensively improve national biosafety governance capabilities, publish the biosafety law as soon as possible, and accelerate the establishment the legal system and institutional structure for national biosafety.”
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1. Excerpt in Chinese:
在这个部分里，“把生物安全纳入国家安全体系”，备受关注。坚持总体国家安全观，是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的重要内容。“生物安全”，习近平总书记之前在不同场合多次提及过，比如在中央依法治国委员会会议上，在两院院士大会上；还多次作过重要指示。去年７月，为了落实总书记的要求，全国人大曾专门召开生物安全法立法座谈会。“要尽快推动出台生物安全法，加快构建国家生物安全法律法规体系、制度保障体系”，总书记新的要求，会令此项工作再提速。
Source: Xinhua, February 15, 2020
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-02/15/c_1125580044.htm
2. Excerpt in Chinese:
习近平强调，要强化公共卫生法治保障，… 把生物安全纳入国家安全体系，系统规划国家生物安全风险防控和治理体系建设，全面提高国家生物安全治理能力。要尽快推动出台生物安全法，加快构建国家生物安全法律法规体系、制度保障体系。
Source: Xinhua, February 14, 2020
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/leaders/2020-02/14/c_1125575922.htm