Chinese Legislature to Review Nine Laws

Chinese Legislature to Review Nine Laws

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The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) will review nine draft laws next Tuesday, including the controversial amendments to the Marriage Law.

The agenda for the five-day NPC Standing Committee meeting was approved by a meeting of chairman and vice-chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee held here Tuesday, presided over by the committee chairman Li Peng.

A draft law on Population and Family Planning will be tabled before lawmakers submitted by the State Council then.

Other seven draft laws to be discussed have been deliberated in previous legislative meetings with revisions made based on lawmakers' opinions. They are the Trust Law, amendments to Tax Law, Law on National Defense Education, amendments to Law on Judges, amendments to Law on Procurators, amendments to Copyright Law and amendments to Trademark Law.

Three international pacts await ratification by the legislature during the meeting, which are a treaty with Laos on civil and criminal justice assistance, a treaty with the Philippines on criminal justice assistance and an agreement by China, Tajikistan, Kirghizia on the adjacent point of their borders.

The legislature will also discuss at this meeting on how to further wedge an educational campaign on the knowledge of law throughout the country.