China's top legislature, the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), will deliberate on the amendment draft of the audit law for first time during a six-day session to commence October 22.

According to the agenda proposed Friday by the chairman and vice-chairpersons of the 10th NPC Standing Committee, during the upcoming session, lawmakers will also deliberate on the draft law on quality safety of agricultural products for the first time, and continue to discuss the amendments to laws governing personal income tax, corporation, securities, properties and exempting foreign central bank's assets in China from judicial enforcement.

The upcoming session will also discuss and approve the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the Extradition Treaty between China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

The legislative session will discuss the Supreme People's Court's report on the supervision of strengthening trial work, the report submitted by the Supreme People's Procuratorate on judicial supervision and the report on the implementation of the agriculture law, submitted by the NPC Standing Committee's law inspection group.

The upcoming session will also hear and discuss four reports on deliberation results of the motions submitted by NPC deputies on the third plenary session of the 10th NPC, which were submitted by the NPC's Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs, NPC's Finance and Economy Committee and NPC's Environment and Resources Committee and NPC's Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.

(Xinhua News Agency October 15, 2005)