The second plenary meeting of the Fifth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 8, 2012. (NPC/Luo Rong)
The draft amendment to China's Criminal Procedure Law was submitted for discussion to a plenary meeting of the national legislature at its ongoing annual session Thursday.
Chinese leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang attended the second plenary meeting of the Fifth Session of the 11th National People's Congress with nearly 3,000 legislators in the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing.
Wang Zhaoguo, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), gives explanations of the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law during the second plenary meeting of the Fifth Session of the 11th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 8, 2012. (NPC/Li Jie)