China's top legislature has made preliminary arrangements for the deliberation of 45 legislative items in 2021, with close to 20 additional items in reserve, said Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, on Monday.

Li made the remarks while delivering a NPC Standing Committee work report at the session. 

Legislative work will proceed in key areas including national security, scientific and technological innovation, public health and biosafety, according to Li.

To strengthen the legal safeguards for public health, Li said that the law on responding to public health emergencies will be formulated, the Wildlife Protection Law, the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, among others, will be revised.

The legal system for national security will also be strengthened, Li said, referring to an anti-organized crime law, a land border law, a food security law, and more.

As for developing a modern economic system, more laws will be formulated, such as a Hainan free trade port law, a futures law, a stamp duty law, and so on.

In a bid to make the urgently needed improvements to the legal systems for people's well-being, Li said that a food waste law, a law for the promotion of the cultural industry, and a family education law are among laws that will be formulated.

Li also stressed stricter oversight to ensure that state departments fulfill duties in accordance with the law.

According to the oversight work plan, preliminary arrangements for 29 oversight items have been made, he said, adding that oversight of work will be conducted in specific areas, with the focus on the central task of economic development and the need to serve the overall interests of the country.

The annual NPC Standing Committee work report was submitted on Monday to the ongoing fourth session of the 13th NPC for deliberation.