The Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, held a meeting Thursday afternoon to deliberate a number of drafts of laws or amendments of laws, as well as three international conventions and a bilateral treaty.

Wu Bangguo (R2), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China, presides the first plenary of the fifth session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 23, 2008.[Xinhua Photo]

Wu Bangguo, NPC Standing Committee chairman and a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, presided over the meeting.

The legislators deliberated the drafts of the Law on the State-owned Assets of Companies, the Amendment to the Law on Fire Control and the Law on Food Safety, the Amendment to the Law on State Compensation, the Amendment to the Law on Earthquake Relief and Disaster Reduction and the Amendment to the Law on Post.

Furthermore, they also deliberated the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, the Protocol thereto on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment and an extradition treaty with Portugal.

The meeting also heard a report on the performance of some NPC deputies and deliberated some removals and appointments.

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(Xinhua News Agency October 24, 2008)