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12:59, 09-Mar-2017
Highlights of NPC Standing Committee Legislative Affairs Commission press conference
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The Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee is holding a press conference on the sidelines of the Two Sessions on the draft of the General Rules of Civil Law and the NPC’s legislative work.
Three CPPCC members are holding the press conference: Zhang Rongshun and Xu Anbiao, both vice chairs of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee, and Wang Aili, director of the Criminal Law Office under the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee.
Here are the highlights of the conference:
Zhang Rongshun, vice chairperson of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee
Zhang Rongshun, vice chairperson of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee
Zhang Rongshun on the highlights and innovations of the General Rules of Civil Law
Zhang said the bill will help carry forward and cultivate socialist core values in social life and strengthen protection of civil rights.
Xu Anbiao, vice chairperson of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee
Xu Anbiao, vice chairperson of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee
Xu Anbiao: NPC prolific in passing. amending laws in 2016
The NPC Standing Committee enacted eight laws, revised 27 laws, passed seven legal issues, and examined nine law drafts, one decision and two solutions. It was a fruitful year, according to Xu.
Wang Aili, director of the Criminal Law Office under the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee
Wang Aili, director of the Criminal Law Office under the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee
Pilot programs to allow plea bargains for corruption suspects who plead guilty
The 22nd meeting of the NPC passed a decision to authorize the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate to run pilot programs in which lighter penalties will be offered to suspects accused of bribing their way into power if they plead guilty.
Wang Aili described the move as an important reform measure aimed at optimizing judicial resources.
Zhang Rongshun outlines schedule for publication of Civil Code by 2020
Zhang said the drafting of the code began at the end of 2016 and is ongoing, with the aim of completing it in 2020.
He said the biggest difficulty has been forming a consensus among all the different opinions, though they are mostly "in the same general direction."