BEIJING -- The top legislature will review an anti-corruption report for the first time this year after a similar document was deliberated 24 years ago, according to the 2013 work plan issued Friday.
The review is also included in the work report of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, which was delivered last month by Wu Bangguo, the country's top legislator until he retired last month during the leadership transition, at the annual parliamentary session.
Prosecutor-general Cao Jianming told media in March that the anti-corruption report will be examined in October, which shows that parliament will attach great importance to the fight against job-related crimes and address public concerns.
In 1989, the top legislature read a similar report on anti-corruption, which was submitted by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
The Chairmen's Council of the NPC Standing Committee adopted this year's legislative and supervisory plans last week.
According to the legislative plan issued Friday, the NPC Standing Committee will amend the consumer rights law, the law on prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, the law on the protection of military establishment, and the administrative procedure law for the first time this year.
It will also deliberate the laws on navigation channel, social assistance, and traditional Chinese medicine.
The legislature will continue to read the law on special equipment and continue to amend the laws on environmental protection, trademark and budget.
Deliberation on the asset appraisal law, the amendments to the land management law, and the laws that need to be changed according to the plan of restructuring the State Council and transforming government functions, will also to be arranged this year.
The laws that will be amended in or after 2013 will be the water pollution prevention and control law, the copyright law, the administrative review law and the Red Cross law.
Legislation on domestic violence, philanthropy and special tax will also be included in the legislative plan in or after 2013.
The legislature said it will increase the transparency of its supervisory work.
According to the plan, it will examine a series of cabinet reports and the implementation of several laws this year.