Deputies and delegations to the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), or
China's parliament, have put forward 1,006 motions on legislation during its
fourth session,with more than half of them focusing on administrative and
economic laws, a senior official with the legislature said today.
"Of all the motions, 33.1 percent are about government functions, concerning
the boosting of sci-tech development and education; 20.1 percent are related to
economic legislation involving rural development, resources saving and
environmental protection," said Sheng Huaren, deputy secretary-general of this
NPC session.
As provided by law, a valid motion should have at least 30 signatures of
individual NPC deputies or be put forward by a provincial delegation. Of all the
motions, 1,003 come from deputies and 3 from delegations.
"NPC deputies have paid more attention to motions they put forward, and the
bills are of higher quality and more feasible," Sheng said. Of all the motions,
541, or 53.9 percent, are appendixed with law drafts.
Sheng pledged that the NPC Standing Committee will "seriously consider the
law drafts and absorb their contents" in making relevant laws. Deputies should
also be invited to attend meetings on enacting the laws to which they have made
contributions, he said.
Lawmakers presented 991 legislative motions during last year's annual
session. Some have been turned into laws and regulations, including the
high-profile legislation on lifting the threshold of personal income tax levy
from 800 yuan to 1600 yuan.
