Li Xia: Wild Animal Protection Law should be renamed as management law

Li Xia, deputy to the National People's Congress and Director of Guangdong Baihao Law Firm.

"This year, I am particularly concerned about the revision of the Wild Animal Protection Law." Li Xia said that since the COVID-19 outbreak, the major hidden dangers posed by wild animal trading and consumption to public health security have aroused great social concern. Urgently, lessons can be learned at the level of laws and regulations in terms of the current wildlife protection system shortcomings exposed by the epidemic with supplement and improvement in time.

She suggested changing the name of Wild Animal Protection Law to Wild Animal Management Law. Li Xia said that although the law has been amended many times, it fails to take people's safety and public health into consideration.

(Dim Sum Media Studio | Gary)