Here is our recap of NPC-related events in April 2025 at our monthly newsletter.
The 14th NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) will convene for its 15th session in late April. The Council of Chairpersons is expected to meet in mid-April to decide on the agenda and the dates of the session.
The Council will also approve the NPCSC’s 2025 work priorities as well as plans for legislative, oversight, and delegates-related work. These documents will be released after the upcoming NPCSC session (likely in early May).
The session is likely to review one or more of the following bills:
- draft Law on National Development Plans [国家发展规划法];
- 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];
- draft National Parks Law [国家公园法];
- draft Private Economy Promotion Law[民营经济促进法];
- draft Atomic Energy Law [原子能法];
- draft Public Health Emergency Response Law [突发公共卫生事件应对法];
- draft revision to the Maritime Law [海商法];
- draft revision to the Arbitration Law [仲裁法]; and
- draft Law on Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law [法治宣传教育法].
The session is also expected to conduct an initial review of a draft Ecological and Environmental Code [生态环境法典], according to our sources.