Chinese lawmakers Saturday voted to adopt a Yangtze River conservation law at a Standing Committee session of the National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislature.
The law, China’s first legislation on a specific river basin, will take effect on March 1, 2021.
Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2020 shows scenery of taxodium trees near the Yangtze River in Dazhou Town, Wanzhou District of southwest China’s Chongqing. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)