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.
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Category I: Draft Laws to Be Deliberated
(59)
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Title
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Submitting agency/drafter
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1. Constitution and related laws
(10)
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Amendment to the Constitution
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Emergency Law
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State Council
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Organic Law of Military Courts
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Central Military Commission
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Organic Law of Military Procuratorates
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Central Military Commission
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Electoral Law (revision)
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Organic Law of the Local People's Congresses and Local People's
Governments (revision)
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Organic Law of People's Courts (revision)
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Supreme People's Court
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Organic Law of People's Procuratorates (revision)
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Supreme People's Procuratorate
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Organic Law of Urban Residents Committees (revision)
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State Council
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Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee of the National
People's Congress (revision)
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General Office of the NPC Standing Committee
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2. Civil and commercial laws
(10)
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Tangible Property Rights Law
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Tort Liability Law
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Application and Enforcement of Laws and Regulations Pertaining
to Foreign Interests
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Commercial Registration Law
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State Council
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Corporate Bankruptcy Law
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NPC Financial and Economic Committee
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Securities Investment Fund Law (passed)
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NPC Financial and Economic Committee
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Company Law (revision)
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State Council
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Partnership Law (revision)
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NPC Financial and Economic Committee
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Commercial Banking Law (revision, passed)
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State Council
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Securities Law (revision)
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NPC Financial and Economic Committee
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3. Administrative laws (16)
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Law on Administrative Licenses (passed)
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State Council
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Administrative Fee Collection Law
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State Council
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Administrative Coercion Law
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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National Defense Mobilization Law
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State Council, Central Military Commission
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Civil Service Law
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State Council
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Identity Registration Law (passed)
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State Council
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Passport Law
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State Council
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Notary Law
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State Council
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Malfeasance Law
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Primary Health Care Law
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State Council
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Regulations on Administrative Penalties for Public Security
(revision)
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State Council
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Compulsory Education Law (revision)
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State Council
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Law for Promotion of Scientific and Technological Advancement
(revision)
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State Council
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Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
(revision)
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State Council
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Law on Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution from
Solid Wastes (revision)
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NPC Environment and Resources Protection Committee
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Construction Law (revision)
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State Council
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4. Economic laws (14)
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State-owned Assets Law
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NPC Financial and Economic Committee
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Foreign Exchange Law
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NPC Financial and Economic Committee
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Anti-Monopoly Law
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State Council
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Anti-Dumping and Anti-Subsidy Law
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State Council
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Trade Safeguards Law
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State Council
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Corporate Income Tax Law (applicable to all types of
enterprises)
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State Council
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Banking Regulatory Law (passed)
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State Council
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Law on the People's Bank of China (revision, passed)
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State Council
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Budget Law (revision)
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Budget Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Individual Income Tax Law (revision)
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State Council
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Audit Law (revision)
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State Council
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Law on Land Administration (revision)
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State Council
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Foreign Trade Law (revision)
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State Council
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Law Against Unfair Competition (revision)
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State Council
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5. Social laws (6)
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Social Security Law (or separate laws on retirement, medical
care, unemployment and workers compensation insurance)
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State Council
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Social Relief Law
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State Council
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Labor Contract Law
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State Council
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Law on the Protection of Farmers' Rights and Interests
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NPC Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
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Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests
(revision)
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State Council (All-China Women's Federation)
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Law on the Protection of Minors (revision)
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NPC Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs
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6. Criminal law
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No scheduled action.
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7. Laws on adversarial and
non-adversarial proceedings (3)
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Criminal Procedure Law (revision)
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Civil Procedure Law (revision)
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Arbitration Law (revision)
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State Council
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Category II: Preliminary Discussion on
Proposed Laws (17)
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Law on Farmers' Cooperative Economic Entities
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NPC Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
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Futures Trading Law
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NPC Financial and Economic Committee
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Real Estate Registration Law
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State Council
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Law on Financial Leasing
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NPC Financial and Economic Committee
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Administrative Procedure Law
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Law on Disclosure of Government Administration Information
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State Council
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Drug Suppression Law
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State Council
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Basic Law on Taxation
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NPC Financial and Economic Committee and Budget Committee of the
NPC Standing Committee (State Council)
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Fund Transfer Law
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Budget Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Law of Mobilization for National Economy
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State Council
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Western Development Promotion Law
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State Council
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Law Against Money Laundering
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Budgetary Work Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Nature Reserve Law
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NPC Environment and Resources Protection Committee
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Island Protection Law
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NPC Environment and Resources
Protection
Committee
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State Compensation Law (revision)
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Administrative Procedure Law (revision)
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Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee
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Supervision Law
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General Office of the NPC Standing Committee
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Note: The current NPC term started in March 2003 and will end in
March 2008.