The agenda of the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) was adopted Thursday morning by nearly 3,000 NPC deputies at a preparatory meeting. The agenda is as following:
-- hearing and deliberating the government work report by Premier Wen Jiabao
-- examining the Report on the Implementation of the 2009 Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Report on the draft 2010 Plan for National Economic and Social Development; and voting on the 2010 plan
-- examining the Report on the Implementation of the Central and Local Budgets for 2009 and on the Draft Central and Local Budgets for 2010; and voting on the 2010 central budget
-- deliberating a draft amendment to the Electoral Law
-- hearing and deliberating the work report of the NPC Standing Committee made by NPC Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo
-- hearing and deliberating the work report of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) made by SPC President Wang Shengjun
-- hearing and deliberating the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate made by Procurator-General Cao Jianming
The Third session of the 11th NPC will start Friday and is scheduled to end on March 14.
- How are the delegations to the NPC made up and what are their rights and responsibilities?
- How are NPC Special Committees constituted and what is their role?
- How are delegation heads, deputy heads and convenors of groups of deputies elected and what are their responsibilities?
- How is the NPC Presidium elected and who are its members?
- What are the responsibilities of the NPC Presidium?
- What happens at the delegation meetings?
- What happens at a plenary session of the NPC?
- How often are NPC sessions held and who convenes them?
- What forms do NPC meetings take and who chairs them?
- How are the NPC and its Standing Committee organized?
- The NPC procedures for the proposal and deliberation of bills?
- What role does the People's Congress system play in the life of the people of China?
- NPC power of supervision
- China's Legislative System
- Local People's Congress and their Standing Committees
- Premier Wen holds press conference after NPC session ends
- China's top legislature approves work reports of supreme court, procuratorate
- NPC adopts 2010 budgets
- China's parliament endorses government work report
- NPC approves work report of its standing committee
- The 3rd Session of the 11th NPC to hold closing meeting
- Senior Chinese leader underlines social fairness, justice
- Human rights protection tops China's judiciary agenda
- Chinese premier vows to contribute to fair, reasonable world order
- Chinese Premier worries about bubble in economy
- Premier Wen says China's exit strategy must be "very cautious, flexible"
- Chinese Premier reiterates worries over China's assets in U.S.
- Premier Wen says diplomatic snub against China in Copenhagen "still a mystery"
- Report on China's central, local budgets(2010)
- Report on China's national economic, social development plan(2010)
- Work report of NPC Standing Committee(2010)
- Report on the Work of the Government(2010)
- Work report of NPC Standing Committee (2009)
- Report on the Work of the Government (2009)
- Report on the Work of the Government (2008)
- Report on the Work of the Government (2007)
- Report on the Work of the Government (2006)
- Report on the Work of the Government (2005)
- Report on the Work of the Government (2004)
- Report on the Work of the Government (2003)
- Notice No.43 On invitation letters to attend Premier Wen Jiabao’s Press Conference
- Notice No.42 Premier Wen Jiabao will Meet the Press
- Notice No.41 Closing Session of the 3rd Session of the 11th NPC
- Notice No.40 Group interview on “High-speed railway construction and development in China”
- Notice No.39 Group Interview on “Remanufacturing and the Sustainable Development of China’s Auto-industry”
- Notice No.38 Group interview on “Activating Circulation and Promoting consumption”
- Notice No.37 Delegation Meetings Open to the Press on the Afternoon of March 12th
- Chinese legislator calls for explicit penalties against corrupt officials
- Lawmaker proposes building 10,000 dams to curb Yellow River sedimentation
- China's lawmaker promotes production of ethanol from straws
- World media outlets speak positively about China's NPC, CPPCC
- Calls to refocus gov't attention amidst GDP growth
- Inflation set to stay under control:legislator
- Tibet, Xinjiang lawmakers, political advisors counterattack US rights report
- National reserve system called for to protect rare mineral
- China's Lawmakers Advance Rule of Law to Improve People's Livelihoods
- Delegates debate easing of China's one-child law
- Chinese lawmaker calls for national rare earth reserve
- World perceives new pulses of China's development through NPC sessions
- HK opposition demands 'may hurt dialogue'
- Overseas media maintains focus on China's sessions
