Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 8. The Presidium of the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress held its second meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of March 8.

After voting, the meeting decided to submit the draft resolutions of the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress on the government work report, planning reports and plans, budget reports and budgets, and the revised draft of the revised draft of the Organic Law of the State Council to all delegations for review.

  Zhao Leji, executive chairman of the presidium, presided over the meeting.

  181 people were expected to attend the meeting, 171 were present and 10 were absent. The number of people present complied with the quorum.

  On the afternoon of March 5 and the morning of March 6, all delegations carefully reviewed the government work report.

The representatives fully affirmed the work of the State Council in the past year and generally agreed with the arrangements for government work this year.

During the deliberation, the representatives also put forward some opinions and suggestions.

The State Council carefully revised the government work report based on the deliberation opinions of the deputies and the opinions of relevant parties.

Based on the deliberation opinions of each delegation and the modifications to the report, the executive chairman of the presidium recommended approval of the government work report and drafted a draft resolution on the government work report.

After voting, the meeting decided to submit the draft resolution on the government work report of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress to all delegations for review.

  Xu Hongcai, deputy chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress, reported to the meeting the results of the Financial and Economic Committee's review of the implementation of the 2023 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the 2024 Draft National Economic and Social Development Plan.

The Financial and Economic Committee believes that the implementation of the National Economic and Social Development Plan for 2023 is good.

The draft plan for 2024 proposed by the State Council is in line with the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Economic Work Conference, in line with the requirements of the "14th Five-Year Plan" outline, in line with the actual economic and social development, overall requirements, goals and tasks, Policy orientations and specific measures are basically coordinated and matched, and are generally feasible.

It is recommended that the second session of the 14th National People's Congress approve the "Report on the Implementation of the National Economic and Social Development Plan in 2023 and the Draft National Economic and Social Development Plan in 2024" proposed by the State Council, and approve the 2024 National Economic and Social Development Plan. Draft development plan.

  Xu Hongcai reported to the meeting the review results of the Financial and Economic Committee on the implementation of the central and local budgets in 2023 and the draft central and local budgets in 2024.

The Financial and Economic Committee believes that the implementation of the 2023 budget is good.

The 2024 budget report and central and local budget drafts proposed by the State Council are in line with the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, and the annual economic and social development goals and overall macro-control requirements. The main revenue and expenditure The policies are basically coordinated and matched, comply with the provisions of the budget law, and are generally feasible.

It is recommended that the second session of the 14th National People's Congress approve the "Report on the Implementation of the Central and Local Budgets in 2023 and the Draft Central and Local Budgets in 2024" proposed by the State Council, approve the draft central budget in 2024, and also approve the draft 2024 central budget. The general debt limit of local governments is 17,268.922 billion yuan, and the special debt limit is 29,518.508 billion yuan.

  The meeting voted and approved the two review results reports of the Financial and Economic Committee.

  On the afternoon of March 6 and the morning of March 7, each delegation carefully reviewed the plan report and draft plan, budget report and draft budget.

The State Council carefully revised the two reports based on the review opinions of the representatives.

Based on the review opinions of each delegation, report modifications and the review results report of the Financial and Economic Committee, the Executive Chairman of the Presidium recommended the approval of the plan report and draft plan, budget report and central budget draft, and drafted the plan report, plan and budget report and two draft resolutions on the budget.

After voting, the meeting decided to submit a draft resolution on the implementation of the 2023 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the 2024 National Economic and Social Development Plan, and a draft resolution on the implementation of the 2023 central and local budgets and the 2024 central and local budgets. Deliberation by delegations.

  On the afternoon of March 7, all delegations carefully reviewed the draft revision of the Organic Law of the State Council.

The Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress reviewed the draft revision of the Organic Law of the State Council based on the deliberation opinions of various delegations and proposed a revised draft of the revision.

The presidium meeting heard the report of the Constitution and Law Committee on the review results of the draft revision of the Organic Law of the State Council made by Xin Chunying, chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee.

After voting, the meeting approved the report on the review results and the revised draft of the Organic Law of the State Council, and decided to submit the revised draft to all delegations for review.

  Executive Chairman of the Presidium 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, Xue Keleti Zakir, and Liu Qi attended the meeting.