The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) reviewed its work of 2024 while delivering a work report at the second plenary meeting of the third session of the 14th NPC in Beijing on Saturday.
Zhao Leji, chairman of the 14th NPC Standing Committee, delivered the report.
"The year 2024 marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core brought together the Chinese people of all ethnic groups and led them in overcoming numerous challenges and forging ahead with courage and determination. The economy maintained overall stability while achieving steady growth, solid progress was made in high-quality development, and reform and opening up were further advanced. Robust support was provided in improving public wellbeing, social stability was maintained, and fresh, substantial strides were made in advancing Chinese modernization. Through its 75 years of relentless effort, China has undergone tremendous and transformative changes, setting the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on an irreversible historical course and fully demonstrating the exceptional strengths of the CPC's leadership and our country's socialist system," said Zhao.
Over the past year, the NPC Standing Committee strengthened the implementation of the Constitution and enhanced compliance oversight to uphold its authority and sanctity, according to Zhao.
"We moved forward with our work on constitutional review and the recording and review of normative documents. Guided by the principle of legislating in accordance with the Constitution and the law, we actively worked to ensure that the Constitution was observed throughout the entire legislative process. We also enhanced the alignment of the recording and review system with the constitutional review process," he said.
The top legislator said the NPC Standing Committee fulfilled its legislative functions to enhance the Chinese socialist legal system, bolstering legislation in key areas, and advancing legislation in a scientific and democratic manner in accordance with the law.
"We advanced legislation in a scientific and democratic manner in accordance with the law and, through such high-quality legislation, supported and served reform and development efforts. Over the past year, we deliberated on 39 legislative items, including 6 new laws, 14 revised laws, and 4 decisions on legal matters and other significant issues," said Zhao.
He noted that the NPC Standing Committee strengthened deputy-related work to support deputies in the lawful performance of duties.
"All of the 298 proposals put forward by deputies during the second session of the 14th NPC, the 9,235 deputy suggestions submitted during the previous session and the 105 suggestions raised when the NPC was not in session have been handled, with feedback given to deputies," he said.
Zhao also underlined the NPC Standing Committee's engagement in foreign exchanges for the advancement of China's diplomatic agenda.
"We actively enhanced foreign communication and outreach. We took active steps to practice and explain Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy. We promoted China's ideas and proposals, including the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, Belt and Road cooperation and Chinese modernization, along with our successful practices in these areas. We also presented China's achievements in pursuing development since the founding of the PRC 75 years ago, as well as the strengths of its whole-process people's democracy and people's congress system," he said.
China's national legislature reviews work of 2024
China's national legislature reviews work of 2024
