December 4 is China’s 10^th National Constitution Day [国家宪法日].

The 14^th NPC Standing Committee will convene for its 7^th session in late December. The Council of Chairpersons is expected to meet in mid-December to decide on the agenda and dates of the session. The session is expected to review the draft revision to the State Council Organic Law [国务院组织法] and is scheduled to review the following bills according to the NPCSC’s 2023 legislative work plan:

• draft Financial Stability Law [金融稳定法];
• draft Rural Collective Economic Organization Law [农村集体经济组织法];
• draft Civil Compulsory Enforcement Law [民事强制执行法]; and
• draft Emergency Response and Management Law [突发事件应对管理法].

The session is also likely to review one or more of the following bills:

• draft Value-Added Tax Law [增值税法];
• draft Law on Ensuring Food Security [粮食安全保障法];
• draft revision to the Company Law [公司法];
• draft revision to the Border Health and Quarantine Law [国境卫生检疫法];
• draft amendment to the Charity Law [慈善法];
• draft revision to the Mineral Resources Law [矿产资源法]; and
• draft Criminal Law Amendment (XII) [刑法修正案（十二）].

Finally, the session will hear the NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commission’s annual report on “recording and review” [备案审查] and is expected to adopt a decision on “improving and strengthening the system of recording and review.”

Update (Dec. 1, 2023): This post was updated to include the draft Mineral Resources Law revision as a possible bill for review after it was approved “in principle” by the executive meeting of the State Council on December 1.

The NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) is soliciting public comment on the following bills through November 23:

• draft Law on Ensuring Food Security [粮食安全保障法];
• draft amendment to the Charity Law [慈善法];
• draft revision to the State Council Organic Law [国务院组织法];
• draft revision to the Law on Guarding State Secrets [保守国家秘密法];
• draft revision to the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases [传染病防治法]; and
• draft revision to the Cultural Relics Protection Law [文物保护法].

The NPCSC will convene for its next regularly scheduled session in late December.

The 14^th NPC Standing Committee will convene for its 6^th session in late October. The Council of Chairpersons is expected to meet in mid-October to decide on the agenda and dates of the session.

The session may review one or more following bills:

• draft revision to the Marine Environmental Protection Law [海洋环境保护法];
• draft revision to the Company Law [公司法];
• draft Value-Added Tax Law [增值税法]; and
• draft Patriotic Education Law [爱国主义教育法].

It is also expected to consider one or more bills scheduled for an initial review this year by the NPCSC’s 2023 legislative work plan.

Here is our two–part recap of NPC-related events in September 2023 at our monthly newsletter.

The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Ecological Conservation Law [青藏高原生态保护法] (adopted on Apr. 26, 2023) and Barrier-Free Environments Development Law [无障碍环境建设法] (adopted on June 28, 2023) take effect on September 1.

On September 1, the NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC)—

• revised the Administrative Reconsideration Law [行政复议法];
• adopted the Foreign State Immunity Law [外国国家豁免法];
• amended the Civil Procedure Law [民事诉讼法]; and
• renewed a pilot program that makes it easier for eligible lawyers licensed in Hong Kong or Macao to practice mainland civil and commercial law in nine mainland cities in Guangdong province.

The NPCSC is soliciting public comment on the following bills through September 30:

• draft revision to the Company Law [公司法];
• draft Value-Added Tax Law [增值税法];
• draft Preschool Education Law [学前教育法];
• draft Academic Degrees Law [学位法]; and
• draft revision to the Public Security Administrative Punishments Law [治安管理处罚法].

The 14^th NPCSC may convene a quinquennial legislative work conference and release its five-year legislative plan some time this month.

The NPCSC will convene for its next regularly scheduled session in late October.