Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the second session of the 13th National People's Congress, briefed on the agenda of the session and the work of the NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on March 4.
NPC deputies will examine a report on the implementation of the 2018 plan for national economic and social development, and on the 2019 draft plan for national economic and social development, Zhang said.
The deputies will also examine a report on the implementation of the central and local budgets for 2018, and on the draft plan of central and local budgets for 2019, the spokesman said.
In the afternoon, NPC deputies will hold panel discussions on the government work report, Zhang said.
In the meantime, preparation for the annual legislative session is ready. Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress gathered Monday morning at a preparatory meeting to elect the presidium and secretary-general and set the agenda for the second session of the 13th NPC scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
A 176-member presidium was elected, with Wang Chen as the secretary-general of the NPC session, according to a statement issued after the meeting.
All preparation for the annual session is done, according to Chairman of the 13th NPC Standing Committee Li Zhanshu, who presided over the preparatory meeting and expressed his hope that the session will be democratic, united, pragmatic and progressive.
As of Sunday, 2,956 of the 2,975 NPC deputies had registered with the session's secretariat, and 2,932 attended the preparatory meeting.
The meeting also adopted the agenda of the session.
Prior to the preparatory meeting, a meeting of chairman and vice chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee was held, where attendees heard the report on the drafts of the agenda and the presidium and secretary-general name lists of the upcoming annual session, and decided to submit the drafts to the preparatory meeting.
(source:ourjiangsu.com)
