Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th National
People's Congress (NPC), delivers a report on the work of the NPC Standing
Committee during the second plenary meeting of the NPC session at the Great Hall
of the People in Beijing, March 8, 2008.
Top legislator makes NPC Standing Committee work
report
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo delivered a
report on the work of the 10th NPC Standing Committee at the First Session of
the 11th NPC Saturday afternoon.
Chinese leaders Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin,
Zeng Qinghong, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou
Yongkang attended the meeting. Full Story
Highlights of Chinese top legislator's work
report
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo delivered a
report on the work of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's
Congress (NPC) Saturday to the ongoing First Session of the 11th NPC.
Following are the highlights of Wu's report
distributed to journalists at the 2nd plenary meeting of the parliamentary
session: Full Story
China basically forms socialist legal system
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China has basically completed the formation of
a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, top legislator Wu Bangguo
said here Saturday.
There are laws to cover basically every area of
economic, political, cultural and social activities in the country, said Wu,
chairman of Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC),
while delivering a report at the ongoing parliamentary session. Full Story
The second plenary meeting of the First Session of the 11th
National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing, March 8, 2008.
Chinese legislators help migrant workers get defaulted wages,
close illegal coalmines
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese legislators have helped millions of
migrant workers get defaulted wages and shut down tens of thousands of small,
illegal coal mines in the past years, as part of their efforts to supervise the
government's work and promote social harmony, top legislator Wu Bangguo said
Saturday.
Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th
National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, made the remarks
while delivering a report on his committee's work over the past five years. Full Story
China's top legislator promises more public participation in food
safety legislation
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo promised on
Saturday to give the general public more say in the formulation of the food
safety law amid both domestic and international concerns about the country's
food quality and safety.
The food safety law, with 19 others, is on the top
agenda of the Chinese parliament's legislation plan in 2008 that Wu listed in
his work report to the current session of the 11th National People's Congress
(NPC). Full Story
Water pollution, laborers' rights top Chinese legislature's
supervision list
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Control of water pollution and protection of
laborers' legitimate rights and interests will be given priority on the
supervision list of China's top legislature, the National People's Congress
(NPC), this year.
The NPC Standing Committee will hear and deliberate
the special work reports of the State Council, or the cabinet, on progress in
efforts to prevent and control water pollution, and inspect the implementation
of the environmental impact assessment law this year, promoting efforts to
conserve energy and reduce emissions, top legislator Wu Bangguo said on
Saturday. Full Story
Top legislator stresses leadership of Communist Party of China
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo on Saturday
stressed the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) over the
legislature and called on fellow lawmakers to elect candidates recommended by
the CPC to leading posts of the organs of state power.
Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th
National People's Congress (NPC), made the remarks at the second plenary meeting
of the ongoing NPC session. Full Story
