Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, March 17, 2003
Namelists for 10th NPC Special Committees Approved
The 7th plenary meeting of the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), convened Monday, approved to set up special committees under the Tenth NPC.
The 7th plenary meeting of the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), convened Monday, approved to set up special committees under the Tenth NPC.
The nine special committees are: the Ethnic Affairs Committee, the Law Committee, the Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs, the Financial and Economic Committee, the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee, the Environment and Resources Protection Committee and the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.
Doje Cering(Tibetan) was selected as the chairman of the Ethnic Affairs Committee, Yang Jingyu was selected as the chairman of the Law Committee, He Chunlin was selected as the chairman of the Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs, Zhu Lilan was selected as the chairman of the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee, Jiang Enzhu was selected as the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Chen Guangyi was selected as the chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee, Mao Rubai was selected as chairman of the Environment and Resources Protection Committee, and Liu Mingzu was selected as chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.
The second plenary meeting of the 10th NPC, convened on March 6, decided on the namelist of the chairman, vice-chairmen and members of the 10th NPC Financial and Economic Committee, and Fu Zhihuan was selected as the chairman of the committee.
The NPC special committees are subjected to the leadership by the NPC and its Standing Committee. Their main functions are to study, deliberate and examine and formulate the relevant motions set forth by lawmakers.