今日起至25日，十二屆全國人大常委會第二次會議將在北京舉行，備受社會關注的消費者權益保護法修正案草案，將在本次會上迎來首次審議。此外，本次會議還將繼續審議旅游法草案、特種設備安全法草案等。
(Ecns) -- A bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) on April 23-25 will for the first time deliberate changes to the Law on Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers.
The law was issued in 1993, and took effect on Jan 1, 1994.
Although the law has contributed greatly to the protection of consumer rights, some of its regulations have fallen behind the times as people's consumption habits have changed during the past two decades and some have even hampered the protection of consumer rights.
For instance, when the law was drafted 20 years ago, medical care and housing were part of social welfare, but now they are commercial in nature.
The existing consumer protection law also doesn't include regulations for some emerging business fields like e-commerce, so an amendment that can provide legal basis to solve disputes in these areas is badly needed.
今日起至25日，十二屆全國人大常委會第二次會議將在北京舉行，備受社會關注的消費者權益保護法修正案草案，將在本次會上迎來首次審議。此外，本次會議還將繼續審議旅游法草案、特種設備安全法草案等。
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