Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presided over the first plenary meeting of the ninth session of the 14th NPC Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 23, 2024.
A draft law on customs duties was submitted to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Tuesday for a second reading.
China's draft amendment to the accounting law was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for the first reading on Tuesday.
Lawmakers on Tuesday started deliberating a draft revision to the Law on National Defense Education that is expected to enhance the national defense awareness of citizens.
China is considering stepping up statistical supervision and increasing legal accountability to combat statistics fraud and other prominent issues through an amendment to the country's Statistics Law.
Xiao Jie, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, led a team to Southwest China's Guizhou province from April 16 to 19, during which they inspected budget execution and local government debt management and oversight.
While establishing a work system to prevent bullying, schools should also promptly report severe bullying to public security and educational authorities and cooperate with the departments to handle the problem, a senior legislator said on Friday.
The compilation of an environment and ecology code is being steadily advanced so that it can be submitted for review by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the top legislature, within this year, an official said on Friday.