The 34th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress will open in Beijing on April 18. At the press conference held on the 14th, Zang Tiewei, spokesman of the legal work committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, introduced the main information of the draft law to be considered at the meeting, and responded to hot issues such as the protection of women's rights and interests, the safety of sports events, vocational school students' enrollment and employment. It is prohibited to restrict the promotion of female employees due to marriage, childbirth and other reasons In recent years, the violation of the labor rights and interests of female employees has frequently aroused social concern. Zang Tiewei said that from December 24, 2021 to January 22, 2022, the legal working committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress publicly solicited the public's opinions on the revised draft of the law on the protection of women's rights and interests on the website of the National People's Congress. During this period, a total of 85221 netizens put forward 423719 opinions and nearly 300 letters from the masses. Among them, many opinions and suggestions focus on improving the gender equality system in education, employment and other fields, and protecting the rights and interests of female workers during pregnancy and childbirth. In this regard, the revised draft of the law on the protection of women's rights and interests submitted to the second instance of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress adds provisions on the establishment and improvement of the maternity leave system for employees, protects the rights and interests of female employees and promotes the implementation of the national Maternity policy; It is also clear that employers shall not restrict the promotion, promotion, evaluation and employment of professional and technical titles and positions of female employees due to marriage, pregnancy, maternity leave, breastfeeding and other circumstances. In response to the recent exposure in some places of serious violations of women's legitimate rights and interests, such as trafficking in women, Zang Tiewei said that the second review of the revised draft of the law on the protection of women's rights and interests has added relevant provisions from the perspective of timely detection and effective prevention of illegal and criminal acts against women's rights and interests. For example, increase the provisions on the mandatory reporting and investigation system, clarify the responsibilities of grass-roots governments, mass autonomous organizations and women's federations, and timely detect and deal with violations of women's rights and interests. Strengthen the safety supervision of sports events On May 22, 2021, a public safety responsibility incident of heavy casualties occurred in the 100 km mountain cross-country race in Jingtai County, Baiyin City, Gansu Province. How to ensure the personal safety of participants while promoting the development of sports? The revised draft of the sports law submitted to the second instance of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress stipulates the safety supervision obligations of the parties responsible for sports events. The second review of the revised draft of the sports law makes it clear that the sports, public security, market supervision, emergency management and other departments of the people's government at or above the county level shall supervise the sports events in their administrative areas according to their respective responsibilities. If a sports event does not meet the conditions for holding the event due to extreme weather, natural disasters, public health events and other emergencies, the organizers of sports events shall suspend it in time; If it has not been suspended, the people's government at or above the county level shall order it to be suspended. To hold high-risk sports events, professional and technical personnel with corresponding qualifications or qualifications, venues, equipment and facilities that meet relevant standards and requirements, and relevant safeguard measures shall be formulated and approved by the sports administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level. "Strengthening the supervision and management of sports events and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of participants is the basis for ensuring the sustainable and healthy development of sports events and activities, and it is also the embodiment of people-centered sports undertakings." Zang Tiewei said that the second review of the revised draft of the sports law stipulates penalties such as fines, confiscation of illegal income and prohibition of organizing events within a certain period of time for illegal acts such as failing to suspend events in time. Ensure equal enrollment and employment of Vocational School Students Vocational school students often face difficulties such as poor access and narrow platform in entering higher education and employment. In view of these blocking points and difficulties, the revised draft of the vocational education law submitted to the third review of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress will strengthen the protection of vocational school students in terms of enrollment, employment and career development opportunities. Zang Tiewei introduced that in promoting the integration of vocational education and general education and the connection of vocational education at different levels, the third review of the revised draft of the Vocational Education Law added the content of encouraging and supporting ordinary colleges and universities to carry out career planning guidance; Make it clear that secondary vocational schools can, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, recruit and train students in relevant majors through education in higher vocational schools; To stipulate that the education administrative department of the people's government at or above the provincial level shall, in conjunction with the relevant departments of the people's government at the same level, establish a unified enrollment platform for vocational education, and summarize and publish the information of schools implementing vocational education, their specialty settings, enrollment and so on; It is stipulated that those who receive higher vocational school education and whose academic level reaches the degree standard set by the state may apply for corresponding degrees according to law. The third review of the revised draft of the vocational education law also made it clear that when recruiting and recruiting personnel in technical posts, government organs, institutions and state-owned enterprises should clarify the requirements of technical skills and take the level of technical skills as an important condition for employment; Public institutions may appropriately reduce the educational requirements for posts with vocational skill level requirements in public recruitment. (Xinhua News Agency)