CHINA'S top legislature has launched a bi-monthly publication to help enhance the status of the national lawmaking body in the Chinese hierarchy.
In the preface of the National People's Congress' (NPC) Work Bulletin, published on Saturday, the former national parliament head Qiao Shi said legislators faced an arduous task.
He said the development of a socialist democracy and legal system should be greatly strengthened to meet the needs of economic reform.
Mr Qiao, who is a Politburo Standing Committee member, underlined the significance of the formulation of economic laws.
''[We should] strive for the establishment of a legal framework for a socialist market economy in the next few years,'' he said.
The bimonthly was published by the NPC Standing Committee's General Office.
Mr Qiao said the slowness of implementing laws as well as violations in the past should be eliminated.