The 5th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress was held to review the draft of the Degree Law, etc

The Fifth Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress was held in Beijing

Deliberation of draft amendments to the Administrative Reconsideration Law, Civil Procedure Law, Preschool Education Law, Degree Law, etc

Hosted by Zhao Leji

The Fifth Session of the 14th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the morning of August 28th. Chairman Zhao Leji presided over the meeting.

165 members of the Standing Committee attended the meeting, and the number of attendees met the statutory requirement.

The meeting heard a report by Yuan Shuhong, Vice Chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress, on the review results of the revised draft of the Administrative Reconsideration Law. Draft three: Strengthen the guarantee of administrative reconsideration performance and improve relevant work requirements; Enhance the ability of administrative reconsideration to absorb administrative disputes; Increase convenient measures for administrative reconsideration applications; Further improve the administrative reconsideration jurisdiction system, etc.

The meeting heard a report by Zhou Guangquan, Vice Chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee, on the review results of the draft law on foreign state immunity. The second draft has been revised and improved based on the opinions of the Standing Committee and various aspects.

The meeting heard a report by Zhou Guangquan on the review results of the draft amendment to the Civil Procedure Law. Draft 2: Improve the relevant provisions on territorial jurisdiction of foreign-related cases; Properly coordinate jurisdictional conflicts and improve relevant regulations; Improve the provisions for the service of foreign-related cases; Improve the criteria for determining the jurisdiction of foreign courts; Add provisions to link with foreign country immunity laws, etc.

The Constitution and Law Committee believes that the above three drafts are relatively mature and recommends that they be submitted for review and approval at this Standing Committee meeting.

The meeting heard a report by Yuan Shuhong on the revision of the draft company law. The third review of the draft aims to improve the registration system for subscribed registered capital, enhance the provisions for democratic management of companies, further strengthen the protection of shareholder rights, further strengthen the norms for controlling shareholders and actual controllers, and improve the relevant provisions for corporate bonds and legal responsibilities.

The meeting heard a report by He Ping, Vice Chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee, on the revision of the draft value-added tax law. The second draft of the draft will elevate the current relevant policy provisions into laws, enriching and improving the small-scale taxpayer system; Refine and clarify the specific situation of simple taxation; Further clarify the scope and requirements for authorizing the State Council to formulate special preferential policies; Clearly stipulate that taxpayers have the right to independently choose the method of handling retained tax credits; In accordance with the provisions of the Legislative Law and the requirements of tax statutory principles, further standardize relevant tax legislative authorization clauses, etc.

In order to timely translate the policy measures and practical achievements of the reform and development of preschool education into legal norms, promote the popularization, inclusiveness, safety, and high-quality development of preschool education, the State Council has proposed a proposal to submit a draft of the Preschool Education Law for review. Commissioned by the State Council, Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng gave an explanation.

In order to standardize degree awarding activities, ensure the implementation of the degree system, and adapt to the needs of high-quality development and modernization construction, the State Council has proposed a proposal to submit a draft of the Degree Law for review. Entrusted by the State Council, Minister of Justice He Rong made an explanation.

In order to better adapt to the new situation and requirements faced by public security management work, summarize and extract some good mechanisms and practices in public security management work, optimize and improve the punishment procedures for public security management, the State Council has proposed a proposal to review the revised draft of the Public Security Management Punishment Law. Commissioned by the State Council, He Rong made an explanation.

In order to promote the construction of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, further leverage the professional role of Hong Kong legal practitioners and Macau practicing lawyers, and better summarize the pilot experience, the State Council has proposed a proposal to review the draft decision on extending the authorization of the State Council to conduct pilot work for Hong Kong legal practitioners and Macau practicing lawyers in nine cities in the mainland of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area to obtain mainland practicing qualifications and engage in the legal profession. Commissioned by the State Council, He Rong made an explanation.

The meeting heard an explanation from Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Chaoxu, commissioned by the State Council, on the proposal to review and approve the Extradition Treaty between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Ecuador.

Commissioned by the State Council, Zheng Zhajie, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, delivered a report on the implementation of the national economic and social development plan since the beginning of this year. The report points out that since the beginning of this year, the overall implementation of the plan has been good, and the national economy has continued to recover and overall rebounded, laying a good foundation for achieving the annual goals. The next step is to increase macroeconomic policy regulation, actively expand domestic demand, vigorously promote the construction of a modern industrial system, continue to deepen reform and opening up, comprehensively promote agricultural and rural work, deepen regional coordinated development and new urbanization construction, solidly promote green transformation of economic and social development, effectively prevent and resolve risks in key areas, and increase efforts to ensure people's livelihood.

Commissioned by the State Council, Minister of Finance Liu Kun delivered a report on the budget implementation since the beginning of this year. The report points out that since the beginning of this year, various work related to fiscal reform and development has been solidly promoted, the overall operation of the finance has been stable, and the budget execution has been relatively good. The report introduces the implementation of the budget resolution of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, and proposes to further enhance efficiency and implement positive fiscal policies, support the strengthening and optimization of the real economy, effectively safeguard and improve people's livelihoods, prevent and resolve local government debt risks, and further strengthen financial discipline.

Commissioned by the State Council, Liu Kun delivered a report on the situation of fiscal transfer payments. The report points out that in recent years, the central government has optimized its expenditure structure and increased its efforts in transferring payments to local governments. The report introduces the reform of transfer payment management system and the continuous improvement of transfer payment policy efficiency in recent years, and proposes the main considerations for further improving fiscal transfer payments, including promoting the improvement of transfer payment legal system, establishing and improving transfer payment classification management mechanism, improving transfer payment budget preparation, strengthening transfer payment allocation and performance management, and further promoting the reform of transfer payment system below the provincial level.

Commissioned by the State Council, Zheng Zhajie delivered a report on ensuring national food security. The report introduces the main work and achievements in ensuring national food security in recent years, points out the main problems and risks faced by China's food security, and proposes the next step to strengthen the food security guarantee system and capacity building, vigorously implement the storage of grain in the land, actively promote the storage of grain in technology, increase agricultural protection support, effectively improve food regulation capabilities, accelerate the construction of modern food industry and circulation system, continuously improve diversified food supply capacity, and carry out in-depth actions to save and reduce food losses.

Commissioned by the State Council, Huang Xiaowei, Director of the Office of the Women and Children's Work Committee of the State Council, delivered a report on the situation of anti domestic violence work. The report points out that since the promulgation and implementation of the Anti Domestic Violence Law, various regions and relevant departments have resolutely fulfilled their duties in accordance with the law, improved supporting measures, focused on protecting the legitimate rights and interests of family members, and vigorously promoted the new trend of socialist family civilization. The report introduces the progress, effectiveness, and main problems of anti domestic violence work, and proposes the next step to improve supporting measures and strengthen institutional implementation; Pay attention to social support and deepen protection services; Strengthen collaborative performance and improve work efficiency; Adhere to a problem oriented approach and focus on practical training and promotion.

The meeting heard a report by Yang Xiaochao, Chairman of the Standing Committee Representative Qualification Review Committee, on the representative qualifications of individual representatives.

The meeting also reviewed relevant appointment and removal proposals.

Vice Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Tie Ning, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, and Luosangjiang Village, as well as Secretary General Liu Qi, attended the meeting.

State Councilor Chen Yiqin, President of the Supreme People's Court Zhang Jun, Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Ying Yong, responsible comrades of the National Supervisory Commission, members of various special committees of the National People's Congress, responsible comrades of standing committees of provincial and municipal people's congresses, main responsible comrades of standing committees of some vice provincial city people's congresses, representatives of the National People's Congress, and responsible comrades of relevant departments attended the meeting as non voting delegates.