China to amend law on wildlife protection

A man looking at caged civet cats at a wildlife market in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, China. - AP

BEIJING (Xinhua): China's top legislature will amend the law on the protection of wildlife this year in an effort to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak, an official said Monday (Feb 10).

Efforts will also be made to accelerate the amendment of laws on animal epidemic prevention and other areas, Wang Ruihe, an official with the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said at a press conference in Beijing.