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The Second Plenary Session of the 10th National People's Congress is scheduled to open in Beijing on March 5. The draft amendments to the Constitution will be reviewed and deliberated at this meeting. This, together with the other draft laws and revisions to be reviewed and discussed, is drawing widespread public attention.

 

At the First Plenary Session of the 10th Nation People's Congress in March 2003, Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee Wu Bangguo set the legislative goal of the NPC and its Standing Committee for the next five years: to build a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics. He stressed that improving the quality of the law would be given priority in the NPC's legislation work.

 

The following table outlines the 76-item legislative plan of the 10th NPC Standing Committee. 

 

Category I: Draft Laws to Be Deliberated (59)

Title

Submitting agency/drafter

1. Constitution and related laws (10)

Amendment to the Constitution

 

Emergency Law

State Council

Organic Law of Military Courts

Central Military Commission

Organic Law of Military Procuratorates

Central Military Commission

Electoral Law (revision)

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Organic Law of the Local People's Congresses and Local People's Governments (revision)

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Organic Law of People's Courts (revision)

Supreme People's Court

Organic Law of People's Procuratorates (revision)

Supreme People's Procuratorate

Organic Law of Urban Residents Committees (revision)

State Council

Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (revision)

General Office of the NPC Standing Committee

2. Civil and commercial laws (10)

Tangible Property Rights Law

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Tort Liability Law

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Application and Enforcement of Laws and Regulations Pertaining to Foreign Interests

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Commercial Registration Law

State Council

Corporate Bankruptcy Law

NPC Financial and Economic Committee

Securities Investment Fund Law (passed)

NPC Financial and Economic Committee

Company Law (revision)

State Council

Partnership Law (revision)

NPC Financial and Economic Committee

Commercial Banking Law (revision, passed)

State Council

Securities Law (revision)

NPC Financial and Economic Committee

3. Administrative laws (16)

Law on Administrative Licenses (passed)

State Council

Administrative Fee Collection Law

State Council

Administrative Coercion Law

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

National Defense Mobilization Law

State Council, Central Military Commission

Civil Service Law

State Council

Identity Registration Law (passed)

State Council

Passport Law

State Council

Notary Law

State Council

Malfeasance Law

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Primary Health Care Law

State Council

Regulations on Administrative Penalties for Public Security (revision)

State Council

Compulsory Education Law (revision)

State Council

Law for Promotion of Scientific and Technological Advancement (revision)

State Council

Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (revision)

State Council

Law on Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution from Solid Wastes (revision)

NPC Environment and Resources Protection Committee

Construction Law (revision)

State Council

4. Economic laws (14)

State-owned Assets Law

NPC Financial and Economic Committee

Foreign Exchange Law

NPC Financial and Economic Committee

Anti-Monopoly Law

State Council

Anti-Dumping and Anti-Subsidy Law

State Council

Trade Safeguards Law

State Council

Corporate Income Tax Law (applicable to all types of enterprises)

State Council

Banking Regulatory Law (passed)

State Council

Law on the People's Bank of China (revision, passed)

State Council

Budget Law (revision)

Budget Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Individual Income Tax Law (revision)

State Council

Audit Law (revision)

State Council

Law on Land Administration (revision)

State Council

Foreign Trade Law (revision)

State Council

Law Against Unfair Competition (revision)

State Council

5. Social laws (6)

Social Security Law (or separate laws on retirement, medical care, unemployment and workers compensation insurance)

State Council

Social Relief Law

State Council

Labor Contract Law

State Council

Law on the Protection of Farmers' Rights and Interests

NPC Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests (revision)

State Council (All-China Women's Federation)

Law on the Protection of Minors (revision)

NPC Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs

6. Criminal law

No scheduled action.

7. Laws on adversarial and non-adversarial proceedings (3)

Criminal Procedure Law (revision)

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Civil Procedure Law (revision)

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Arbitration Law (revision)

State Council

Category II: Preliminary Discussion on Proposed Laws (17)

Law on Farmers' Cooperative Economic Entities

NPC Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Futures Trading Law

NPC Financial and Economic Committee

Real Estate Registration Law

State Council

Law on Financial Leasing

NPC Financial and Economic Committee

Administrative Procedure Law

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Law on Disclosure of Government Administration Information

State Council

Drug Suppression Law

State Council

Basic Law on Taxation

NPC Financial and Economic Committee and Budget Committee of the NPC Standing Committee (State Council)

Fund Transfer Law

Budget Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Law of Mobilization for National Economy

State Council

Western Development Promotion Law

State Council

Law Against Money Laundering

Budgetary Work Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Nature Reserve Law

NPC Environment and Resources Protection Committee

Island Protection Law

NPC Environment and Resources        Protection Committee

State Compensation Law (revision)

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Administrative Procedure Law (revision)

Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee

Supervision Law

General Office of the NPC Standing Committee

 

Note: The current NPC term started in March 2003 and will end in March 2008.

 

(China.org.cn March 4, 2004)

 

 

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