NPC Calendar: December 2024

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Here is our recap of NPC-related events in December 2024 at our monthly newsletter.

The Tariff Law [关税法] (adopted on Apr. 26, 2024) takes effect on December 1.

The NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) is seeking public comment on the following bills through December 7:

• draft amendment to the Law on the Delegates to the National People’s Congress and Local People’s Congresses (Delegates Law) [全国人民代表大会和地方各级人民代表大会代表法];
• draft revision to the Arbitration Law [仲裁法];
• draft revision to the Maritime Law [海商法]; and
• draft revision to the Science and Technology Popularization Law [科学技术普及法].

The 14^th NPCSC is expected to convene for its 13^th session in late December. The Council of Chairpersons is expected to meet in mid-December to decide on the agenda and the dates of the session.

The session will review the draft Value-Added Tax Law [增值税法], according to the NPCSC’s 2024 legislative work plan, and is expected to review the following bills:

• draft amendment to the Delegates Law;
• draft Hazardous Chemicals Safety Law [危险化学品安全法];
• draft revision to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law [反不正当竞争法]; and
• draft revision to the Fisheries Law [渔业法].

The session may also review one or more of the other bills scheduled for an initial review in 2024.

Further, the session may conduct further review of one or more of the following bills:

• draft Financial Stability Law [金融稳定法];
• draft revision to the Public Security Administration Punishments Law [治安管理处罚法];
• draft revision to the Law on Preventing and Controlling Infectious Diseases [传染病防治法]; and
• draft Atomic Energy Law [原子能法].

The NPCSC’s April 29, 2020 decision (zh | en) authorizing the State Council to temporarily modify certain regulatory requirements in three laws¹ within the Hainan Free Trade Zone will expire on January 1, 2025. The NPCSC may renew or codify (in whole or in part) the pilot reforms at the upcoming session.

Finally, the NPCSC will hear several oversight reports at its upcoming session, including its Legislative Affairs Commission’s annual report on “recording and review” [备案审查]. Consistent with the 2024 Third Plenum Decision, the NPCSC may also hear a report on the enforcement of the Constitution.

1. The Land Management Law [土地管理法], Seed Law [种子法], and Maritime Law [海商法]. ↩︎