China's national legislature plans to deliberate on 20 draft
laws including an amendment to the criminal procedural law and a
draft of the social insurance law in 2007.
A majority of the 20 draft laws are expected to be adopted in
2007, according to the legislation plan of the Standing Committee
of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) which was announced on
Tuesday.
This plan stipulates the draft property law and draft corporate
income tax law will be deliberated on and are expected to be
approved at the upcoming fifth session of the 10th NPC in
March.
The NPC Standing Committee will continue to deliberate on the
draft labor contract law, draft emergency responding law, draft
administrative mandatory law, draft anti-drug law, and draft
anti-monopoly law in 2007.
Thirteen draft laws will be submitted to China's legislature for
first reading this year, including the draft employment promotion
law, draft labor dispute arbitration law, draft town and country
planning law, draft energy saving law, draft lawyer law, draft
amendment to civil procedural law, draft circular economy law,
draft seventh amendment to criminal law, draft amendment to science
and technology progress law, draft illegal acts corrective law,
draft amendment to criminal procedural law, draft social insurance
law, and draft amendment to food safety law.
According to the legislation plan, China will have 230 effective
laws by early 2008.
An official with the NPC Standing Committee said the 10th NPC
will end its five-year tenure in early 2008. After the annual
legislation plan of 2007 is completed, the 10th NPC's objective to
establish a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics
will be realized.
(Xinhua News Agency February 28, 2007)