The Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) has proposed legislation regarding civil servants, said its chairman here Tuesday.

After a 10-year trial of the regulation on civil servants, it is time to draft China's first law on civil servants, said He Chunlin, who was at the fifth meeting of the 10th NPC Standing Committee to elaborate on the proposal to top legislators.

In the first session of the 10th NPC this March, nearly 200 representatives raised six proposals calling for such legislation.

He said his committee made the proposal after seriously deliberating the bills and conducting relevant investigations. His committee also received the written proposal from related governmental departments.

In January of 2001, China's Ministry of Personnel established a special working group responsible for drafting the law on civil servants jointly with other related departments. The almost completed draft law is now under revision by the related governmental departments.

(Xinhua News Agency October 29, 2003)