China's top legislature Wednesday examined reports delivered by chief procurator and chief justice, and decided to submit a series of bills including the draft law on social insurance for voting at Thursday's close of the bimonthly session.

Chief Procurator Cao Jianming told the session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee that prosecutors handled 6,375 abuse of power and malpractice cases involving civil servants in ten months ending August 2010, a 6 percent increase year on year.

He said 8,840 people were involved in the cases, 10.6 percent more year on year, and the procuratorate had recovered 1.12 billion yuan ($167 million) of economic losses to state from them.

Cao said the procuratorate had focused on several areas, including abuse of power and squandering state assets in project planning, public bidding and quality supervision. A total of 997 such cases involving 1,262 people were dealt with from November 2009 to August this year.

Chief Justice Wang Shengjun said litigants either withdrew lawsuits or reconciled with the other party after court mediation in nearly 8.3 million civil cases in China in the 30 months ending June this year.

The 8.3 million cases accounted for more than 61 percent of all civil cases concluded in the period, Wang said.

He said the percentage was an "increase" after Chinese courts made mediation a priority for civil cases. But he did not say compared to what the figure had increased.

Lawmakers also decided to submit the draft law on social insurance that aims to prevent the improper use of social security funds, and the draft law on law application to civil relationships involving foreign interests, for Thursday's voting.

Also ready to vote are the draft amendments to the Organic Law of Villagers' Committees, regarding rural people having greater powers to remove village committee members and to convene meetings to decide village affairs, and the draft amendments to the Law on Deputies to the NPC and Local People's Congresses at Various Levels, which further specify the rights and duties of lawmakers.

Members of the NPC Standing Committee also agreed to submit a bill on Vice President Xi Jinping's appointment as vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People's Republic of China.

According to the bill, Xi was nominated by President Hu Jintao, also CMC chairman.

Xi, Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, was previously appointed vice chairman of the CMC of the CPC at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee that ended on October 18.

(Xinhua News Agency October 27, 2010)