How much do the two sessions know: what kind of laws should be submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation?

(How much do you know about the two sessions) What kind of laws should be submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation?

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 4th (Reporter Li Jingze) The fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress will be held on March 5th.

According to the work arrangement, the National People's Congress will review the draft amendments to the Organic Law of local people's congresses and local people's governments at all levels, which are related to the development of people's democracy in the whole process.

　　Why is this draft law submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation?

What kind of laws need to be submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation?

　　The answer to this question can be found in legislative law.

In accordance with the Legislative Law, the National People's Congress formulates and revises criminal, civil, state agency and other basic laws; the NPC Standing Committee formulates and revises other laws.

　　What is "basic law"?

In terms of the nature of the law, the adjustment and regulation of a certain type of social relationship by "basic law" should have overall, long-term, universal and fundamental normative significance in national and social life.

　　For example, constitutional amendments.

As the fundamental law of the country, amendments to the Constitution must be submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation. The Chinese Constitution has undergone five revisions, each of which has been reviewed by the National People's Congress, fully reflecting the will of the people.

　　Another example is the amendment of the legislative law.

Amendments to the Legislative Law were deliberated and passed at the third session of the 12th National People's Congress.

As a "law governing the law", the revision of the Legislative Law plays a role in the revision and abolition of all laws in China, and therefore needs to be reviewed by the National People's Congress, the highest legislative platform.

　　There is also the compilation of the Civil Code.

In May 2020, the Third Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress deliberated and passed the Civil Code.

This law, known as the "Encyclopedia of Social Life", is closely related to everyone's life, so it also needs to be reviewed at the National People's Congress to seek the "greatest common divisor" of all parties.

　　It is not difficult to see that these "basic laws" occupy a particularly important position in the political, economic and social life of the country.

In essence, the formulation and revision of basic laws is one of the manifestations of the supreme state power, and it belongs to the National People's Congress of course.

　　Historically, the formulation of important laws such as the General Principles of Civil Law, the Organic Law of the People's Courts, and the Organic Law of the State Council have all been reviewed by the National People's Congress.

Especially in recent years, China has reviewed important legal bills at the level of the National People's Congress for seven consecutive years, involving the Charity Law, the Supervision Law, the Foreign Investment Law, the National People's Congress Organization Law, and the National People's Congress Rules of Procedure.

　　"To give full play to the role of the National People's Congress in legislation, it is necessary to increase the frequency of deliberation of bills by the National People's Congress and give full play to the legislative function of the National People's Congress." Li Shishi, former director of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, once said.

　　The outside world also believes that strengthening the legislative function of the National People's Congress is the inherent requirement of practicing and demonstrating the people's democracy in the whole process.

　　The Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress also plans to include "the whole process of people's democracy" in the revision of the organic laws of local people's congresses and local people's governments at all levels.

　　It can be seen that, through the legislation of the National People's Congress, the National People's Congress is constantly playing the role of an important institutional carrier for realizing the people's democracy in the whole process.

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