摘要
Legislative work has been high on the work agenda of the National People’s Congress (NPC),China’s top legisla- ture,and its standing committee since the First Plenary Session of the 10th NPC in March 2003.The 2003 Plenary Session of the NPC outlined the legislative work of the five-year tenure of the 10th NPC,which was to establish a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics.It also emphasized that the key to legislative work over five years would be continually improving the quality of legislation.The blueprint drafted by the NPC Standing Committee listed 76 laws to be made,of which 59 would enter the deliberation stage and another 17
