Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 26 (Xinhua) The eighth session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress held its first plenary session on the morning of the 26th at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Chairman Zhao Leji presided over the meeting.

  166 members of the Standing Committee attended the meeting, and the number of attendees met the quorum.

  The meeting heard a report by Luo Yuan, deputy chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress, on the results of the review of the draft revision of the Law on the Protection of State Secrets.

The second review of the draft improves the principles for determining the scope of confidential matters, further standardizes classification authority, details the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of confidential personnel, and improves the management measures for the resignation of confidential personnel.

  An important task of this Standing Committee meeting is to prepare for the second session of the 14th National People's Congress.

The meeting reviewed the draft work report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and reviewed the proposals submitted by the Chairman's Conference for deliberation on the draft agenda of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress, the draft list of the presidium and secretary-general, and the draft list of non-voting persons.

  The meeting heard a report on the representative qualifications of individual representatives made by Yang Xiaochao, chairman of the Delegate Qualification Examination Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

  The meeting also reviewed relevant appointment and dismissal cases.

  Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Tiening, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, Luosang Jiangcun, Xuekelati Zakir, Secretary-General Liu Qi To attend a meeting.

  State Councilor Wang Xiaohong, President of the Supreme People's Court Zhang Jun, Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Ying Yong, responsible comrades of the National Supervisory Commission, members of various special committees of the National People's Congress, responsible comrades of the Standing Committees of the People's Congresses of various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and some deputy provincial-level city People's Congress Standing Committees The main responsible comrades and responsible comrades of relevant departments attended the meeting.