Delivered at the Fifth Session of the 11th National

People's Congress on March 9, 2012

Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

Fellow Deputies,

On behalf of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), I now present this report on its work for your deliberation and approval.

Major Work of the Past Year

In 2011, China faced a complex and volatile situation abroad, and arduous and difficult tasks of reform, development and stability at home. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), with Comrade Hu Jintao as general secretary, united with and led the people of all China's ethnic groups in working with one heart and one mind, advancing determinedly, and comprehensively promoting socialist economic development, political, cultural and social progress and ecological awareness. New achievements were made in all of our work, and the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) period got off to a good start.

Over the past year, the NPC Standing Committee took

Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of Three Represents as its guide; thoroughly applied the Scientific Outlook on Development; steadfastly integrated the leadership of the Party, the position of the people as masters of the country and the rule of law; and performed its functions and powers and carried out its work in accordance with the guiding principles of the Fourth Session of the 11th NPC and based on the overall work of the Party and the country. Over the past year, the Standing Committee deliberated 24 bills, legal interpretations and draft decisions on legal issues, passed 14 of them, and has presented four of them to this session for your deliberation and approval. It listened to and deliberated 14 work reports by the State Council, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate; investigated implementation of four laws; ratified four treaties and accords China concluded with foreign countries and its accession to one international convention; made decisions on and approved the appointment or removal of a number of employees in state bodies; and made an important contribution to upholding and improving the system of people's congresses and carrying out reform, opening up and socialist modernization.

I. Continuing to strengthen legislative work

The Standing Committee continued to strengthen and improve its legislative work. We placed greater emphasis on revising and improving existing laws and making legislative work more scientific and democratic, strove to raise the quality of legislation, and constantly improved the socialist system of laws with Chinese characteristics.