Generally speaking, the legal system of epidemic prevention and control in China is relatively sound and perfect. According to the provisions and spirit of the Constitution, China has formulated a series of laws and regulations on epidemic prevention and control, such as the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, the Law on Emergency Response, the Law on Frontier Health and Quarantine, the Law on Basic Health Care and Health Promotion, and the Emergency Regulations on Public Health Emergencies. It provides an effective legal system guarantee for coping with the COVID-19 epidemic and ensuring people's life, health and safety, and also provides a corresponding legal basis for governments at all levels and medical and health institutions to take prevention and control measures, as well as other units, organizations and the public to participate in prevention and control activities. Among them, in view of the shortcomings and defects, we should improve the relevant legislation on epidemic prevention and control in time. It is necessary to carefully evaluate and supplement the specific measures, catalogues and standards of the Wildlife Protection Law, expand the scope of legal adjustment, establish a compulsory licensing system for artificial breeding, and make detailed provisions on breeding species, trading species, edible and medicinal species, uses and scope; Seriously evaluate and supplement the system design of epidemic information release, epidemic area classification, emergency command organization, emergency material support, legal supervision and other laws and regulations such as the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, the Emergency Response Law, the Emergency Regulations for Public Health Emergencies, and the National Emergency Plan for Public Health Emergencies; Accelerate the legislative process of social compensation law, emergency law and biosafety law, and provide all-round legal support for fighting epidemic and blocking war.
At present, China has established a major epidemic prevention and control system and a national emergency management system for public health emergencies. But behind the achievements, there are also some shortcomings, loopholes and weaknesses. From the perspective of law enforcement, it is necessary to study and solve the problems reflected in the prevention and control of the epidemic, such as separation of powers and responsibilities of law enforcement system, poor docking of law enforcement mechanisms, asymmetric law enforcement resources, mismatch of law enforcement forces, lack of compliance with laws, lax law enforcement, inadequate thinking on the rule of law, lagging law enforcement concepts and extensive governance methods. In the follow-up response and prevention and control work according to law, we should adhere to the bottom line thinking and systematic thinking from the perspective of strict law enforcement and building a government ruled by law, adhere to the principle of emergency rule of law, take epidemic prevention as the starting point, check and fill gaps, strive to improve the system and mechanism of prevention and control of major epidemics according to law, and improve the national public health emergency management system according to law. It is necessary to strengthen market supervision and resolutely ban and severely crack down on illegal wildlife markets and trade; Adhere to the statutory duties, the law is not authorized, and protect the people's right to survival and treatment according to law; Do a good job in reporting and publishing the epidemic situation according to law, protect the people's right to know, effectively prevent and control according to law, demonstrate the determination and sincerity of building a government ruled by law, a responsible government and a service-oriented government, and reflect the governance efficiency and institutional advantages of administration according to law. ?
To improve the level of rule of law in epidemic prevention and control, the law-abiding of the whole people is the foundation. The epidemic prevention and control period is an unusual and special period. In order to safeguard public interests, the state has introduced some special measures in accordance with legal procedures, which is in line with the spirit of the rule of law. Every citizen should treat the prevention and control measures in a special period rationally, actively cooperate and consciously abide by them. To realize the law-abiding of the whole people, we must first do a good job in popularizing the law so that all citizens can understand the law. In accordance with the responsibility system of "whoever enforces the law and popularizes the law", according to the law enforcement object, the service object and the competent field, we will increase the efforts to explain the law by case, explain the law by case and vividly popularize the law, so that the people can really be familiar with the legal provisions, define the behavioral boundaries and know their rights and obligations in epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, efforts should be made to resolve various contradictions and disputes in the process of epidemic prevention and control, and actively provide effective legal aid to people in need. This epidemic is a big test of the national governance system and governance capacity. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's policy is "strengthen confidence, help each other in the same boat, scientific air defense, and precise policy". We must attach great importance to the role of the rule of law in epidemic prevention and control, work on the rule of law with the rule of law thinking, and defeat the epidemic as soon as possible!