NPC Calendar: December 2023

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Here is our recap of NPC-related events in December 2023 at our monthly newsletter.

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.