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| Wu Bangguo (C), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), presides over the first plenary of the 16th session of the Standing Committee of the NPC in Beijing, Aug. 23, 2010. The Standing Committee of the NPC, China's top legislature, opened its bimonthly session Monday to read for the first time a series of draft laws, including a draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, a draft amendment to the law on deputies to the NPC and local People's Congresses, a draft law on intangible cultural heritage, a draft revision of the soil and water conservation law. Lawmakers will also continue to deliberate draft amendments to the law on officers in reserve service, the draft law on mediation and the draft law on the application of laws to civil relationships involving foreign interests. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi) |
BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature Monday opened its bimonthly session with a series of draft laws and amendments, including the amendment to the Criminal Law and a draft law on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) protection.
The session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) continued to deliberate draft amendments to the Law on Officers in Reserve Forces, the draft People's Mediation Law, as well as the draft Law on the Application of Laws to Civil Relationships Involving Foreign Interests.
