Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presides over a chairpersons' meeting of the 13th NPC Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

BEIJING -- The top legislature of China will convene its bi-monthly session from Feb. 26 to 27, according to a statement issued after a chairpersons' meeting Friday.

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presided over the meeting.

A key task of the bi-monthly session is to make preparations for the upcoming annual session of the national legislature, the statement read.

During the bi-monthly session, legislators will review a work report by the NPC Standing Committee, which is to be submitted for deliberation to the annual session of the 13th NPC in March.

They will consider the draft agenda of the annual session, a draft name list of the presidium and secretary-general, and a draft name list of non-voting delegates for the upcoming session, it said.

In addition, attendees will review a report on the enforcement of the Air Pollution Control Law and a research report on targeted poverty alleviation during the late February meeting.

They will also review a report on the qualifications of some NPC deputies and discuss appointments and dismissals.

The second annual session of the 13th NPC will begin in Beijing on March 5.