The Wednesday meeting was presided over by Li Zhanshu, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and secretary of the committee's leading Party members' group.The meeting urged continuous efforts to be made to improve the Chinese socialist system of laws, and strengthen the foundation for the rule of law.
Li Zhanshu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, presides over the first plenary meeting of an inspection program on the enforcement of the Law on Promoting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Beijing, capital of China, April 2, 2019.
The top legislature will send four teams of lawmakers to inspect enforcement of the water pollution control law in eight provincial-level regions across the country.
The leaders -- Li Zhanshu, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng -- are members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Li Zhanshu, chairman of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presides over a chairpersons' meeting of the NPC Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 14, 2018.
President Xi Jinping has stressed promoting the spirit of the Constitution and upholding the Constitution's authority in an instruction on the country's fifth Constitution Day, which falls on Tuesday.
Senior legislators on Saturday met to study and discuss the legislative and supervisory work to foster and regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI).
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) held a chairpersons' meeting Wednesday afternoon to hear reports on draft laws and resolutions.