context: The number of laws formulated and amended in 2021 was staggering. NPC is planning to slow down the pace of legislation in 2022 and will attach greater importance to legislation in the economic field. More energy will be allocated to oversight tasks, especially foreign-related matters.
The 13th NPC (National People's Congress) approved 'NPCSC's (NPC Standing Committee) work report for 2022' at its fifth session on 11 Mar 2022. Li Zhanshu 栗战书 NPCSC chair introduced NPCSC's work achievements in 2021, including
- 17 laws formulated
- 22 laws amended
- 10 decisions on legal issues and other major issues made
- 19 legal bills under deliberation
Arrangements for 2022 include
- guaranteeing implementation of the Constitution
- amending Legislative Law and NPCSC Rules of Procedure
- improving system for central government to exercise 'comprehensive governance' over Hong Kong and Macao
- planning to deliberate 40 legal bills
- improving legal system for the market economy
- formulating Energy Law and Tariff Law
- amending Corporate Bankruptcy Law and Anti-monopoly Law
- promoting legislation in the fields of people's livelihood, society and environmental protection
- formulating Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Environmental Protection Law
- improving national security legal system
- formulating Emergency Response Management Law and Food Security Law
- amending Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and Frontier Health and Quarantine Law
- promoting the formation of a systematic and complete system of laws defending PRC rights
- promoting the codification process
- improving legal system for the market economy
- planning 32 supervision projects
- promoting high-quality development
- development of the digital economy
- implementation of Foreign Investment Law
- improving people's livelihood
- construction of ecological civilisation
- strengthening supervision of law enforcement, supervision and judicial work
- management of illegal entry, residence and employment of foreigners
- trials of foreign-related cases
- promoting high-quality development
Grassroots legislation contact stations are a tangible outcome of developing whole-process democracy, Chen Jingying 陈晶莹 NPC delegate and Shanghai government counsellor emphasised when discussing the NPCSC report. They help the voices of the masses reach the highest legislature of the country from the grassroots.