NPC and CPPCC sessions end in Beijing
March 21, 2016 Category NPC '& CPPCC sessions, Weekly
The annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) concluded on March 16 with the Delegates approving Premier Li Keqiang’s Report on the Work of the Government. After making dozens of people-oriented changes, the NPC also approved the blueprint for the13th Five Year Plan (2016-20) with 2,778 “yes” votes, or 97% of the total. NPC and CPPCC Delegates made 57 revisions to the draft plan during nearly two weeks of deliberations. The session also adopted China’s first Charity Law, which will come into effect in September. The Fourth Session of the 12th NPC voted on nine draft resolutions, including the annual government work report, the 13th Five-Year Plan and the judicial work reports.
The annual government report by Premier Li Keqiang received only 27 “no” votes from the 2,857 Delegates. The 13th five-year plan received 53 objections, down by about 10% on vetoes for the previous five year plan in 2011. The NPC gave the annual work reports of the China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) its highest support since 2000. The SPC work report received 2,600 votes, or 91.1%, with 208 votes against and 46 abstentions, while the SPP work report received 2,560 votes, or 89.8%, with 239 against and 52 abstentions. In 2009, the SPC and SPP work reports were supported by only 75.3% and 76.8% of the NPC Delegates, respectively.
Delegates to the China People’s Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC) session in Beijing finished their meeting on March 14, having submitted more than 5,375 proposals to the central government, 42% of which focused on economic development. The proposals included proceeding with supply-side economic reform, encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation, reducing the tax burden on enterprises, improving the quality of consumer goods and the service industry, speeding up the implementation of the Free Trade Area strategy, and the development of e-commerce in rural areas. 1,972 Members of the CPPCC National Committee (89.1% of the total) submitted proposals. CPPCC Chairman Yu Zhengsheng said all Members of the CPPCC should fulfill their duties by focusing on economic development during the 13th Five Year Plan (2016-20) period.
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