BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature is to review later
this month a report, tabled by the State Council, the Cabinet, on the disaster
relief and reconstruction that followed the devastating May 12 earthquake.
The third session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's
Congress (NPC) was expected to convene from June 24 to 26, according to a
statement issued after a meeting of the chairman and vice-chairpersons of the
NPC Standing Committee, presided over by Wu Bangguo, chairman of the NPC
Standing Committee, on Monday.
Under the proposed agenda, lawmakers taking part in the session would
deliberate the draft state-owned assets law, the draft law on the recycling
economy, and a draft amendment to the Fire Control Law.
During the session, lawmakers would also deliberate a draft plan for an
adjustment to the central budget for 2008, tabled by the State Council.
Four international pacts are due to be ratified during the session: the
United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the Treaty
on Long-term Good-neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation among the member
states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); a treaty with Algeria on
judicial assistance on criminal cases; and an extradition treaty with Algeria.
Monday's meeting has decided to postpone the review of a draft amendment to
the "Law on Precautions Against Earthquake and Relief of Disaster", a draft
amendment to the Insurance Law, and two reports tabled by the State Council
which were on the original agenda due to the pressure of the quake relief and
reconstruction work.