China’s national legislature claimed that China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity were “sacred and inviolable” and passed a new law on the protection and development of land border areas, which may have an impact on the border dispute between Beijing and India.
According to the official source, members of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress approved the law at the closing meeting of the Legislative Assembly on Saturday.
It stipulates that “the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the People’s Republic of China are sacred and inviolable.”
The report stated that the country should take measures to maintain territorial integrity and land borders, and prevent and combat actions that undermine territorial sovereignty and land borders.
The law also stipulates that the state shall take measures to strengthen border defense, support the economic and social development of the border areas and open to the outside world, improve the public services and infrastructure in the border areas, encourage and support the lives and work of the people in the border areas, and promote the border defense and the socio-economic development of the border areas. Coordination between.
Countries should follow the principles of equality, mutual trust, and friendly consultations to handle land-based border affairs with neighboring countries through negotiations, and properly resolve disputes and long-standing border issues.
The law stipulates that the Chinese military “should perform border defense duties,” including organizing exercises to resolutely prevent, stop, and combat invasions, occupations, and provocations. An important aspect of the new law includes the state’s support for the construction of border towns, improving their functions and strengthening their capacity to support construction.
In recent years, China has been strengthening border infrastructure, including the establishment of aviation, railway and highway networks. It also opened a bullet train in Tibet, extending to Nyingchi, a border town near Arunachal Pradesh.
“By the end of 2020, Tibet will have built more than 600 well-off and high-standard border villages. Roads connecting border villages are also very convenient. At least 130 border roads have been built or rebuilt, with a total length of 3,080 kilometers.”
News Source: ZeeNews
