Special Report: NPC, CPPCC Annual Sessions 2008

    BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) — China’s National People’s Congress (NPC),the top legislature, published on Friday a list of all its new deputies.

    The Standing Committee of the 10th NPC confirmed the qualifications of all deputies to the 11th NPC at its last session on Thursday, making way for the upcoming election of a new Chinese leadership.

    Among all the 2,987 deputies were Chinese President Hu Jintao, and the other eight members of the current Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, including Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang.

    They were elected respectively from provincial-level areas of Jiangsu, Anhui, Gansu, Beijing, Sichuan, Shanghai, Liaoning, Hunan and Heilongjiang.

    All the deputies will attend the upcoming First Session of the 11th NPC, which is set to open on March 5.

    The deputies were elected from 35 electoral units across China, including all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

10th NPC Standing Committee concludes last session, with law amended, deputies confirmed

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, speaks during the closing meeting of the 32nd session of the 10th NPC Standing Committee in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 28, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)

    BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — The Standing Committee of the 10th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s national legislature, concluded its 32nd session here on Thursday, with a law amended, newly-elected deputies confirmed and new appointments.

    Wu Bangguo, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the meeting.

    The top legislature passed an amended water pollution law, getting tough on corporate executives responsible for causing severe pollution by imposing hefty fines on them.   Full story

China legislature confirms validity of new deputies

Photo taken on Feb. 26 , 2008 shows the venue of the 32nd session of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China. China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC) has examined and confirmed Tuesday the qualification of 2,987 newly-elected deputies. (Xinhua Photo)

    BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — The Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s national legislature, confirmed Thursday the validity of all the 2,987 newly-elected deputies to the First Session of the 11th NPC.

    The qualification of the new deputies was confirmed through a voting at the 32nd session of the tenth NPC Standing Committee.  Full story