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The legislative work of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC),
China's top legislature which is to hold its first annual session
in Beijing from Wednesday, will focus on three main aspects, a NPC
session spokesman said Tuesday.
The 10th NPC will focus on enacting a comprehensive range of laws
to safeguard the development of the socialist market economy,
promote the all-round social progress, and be compatible with the
new situation following China's entry into the World Trade
Organization, elaborated Jiang Enzhu at a press conference in the
Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The goal for the NPC legislation is to establish a socialist legal
system with Chinese characteristics by the year 2010, he added.
During the five-year term of the Ninth NPC Standing Committee,
Jiang said, a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics
has taken initial shape.
This system mainly consists of seven categories of laws, namely the
Constitution and relevant laws, the administrative law, civil law,
commercial law, social law, economics law, criminal law, and
proceeding and non-proceeding laws, he explained.
The Ninth NPC Standing Committee in its tenure has adopted 113 laws
and explanations of laws, he said.
Jiang also told the press that if required by the actual needs of
social development, the Chinese Constitution would also undergo
necessary amendments to make itself more complete.
(Xinhua News Agency March 4, 2003)
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