On March 8, the presidium of the Third 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 the 8th. Zhao Leji, Executive Chairman of the Presidium, presided over the meeting. On the afternoon of March 5th and the morning of March 6th, each delegation carefully reviewed the government work report. The representatives fully affirmed the work of the State Council over the past year and generally agreed with the arrangements for this year’s government work. During the deliberation, representatives also put forward some opinions and suggestions. The State Council has revised the government work report based on the deliberation opinions of the representatives and the opinions of relevant parties. The Executive Chairman of the Presidium recommended the approval of the government work report based on the deliberation opinions of the representatives and the revision of the report, and drafted a draft resolution on the government work report on behalf of them. After a vote, the meeting decided to submit the draft resolution on the government work report of the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress to all delegations for deliberation. Zhong Shan, Chairman of the Finance and Economic Committee of the National People’s Congress, presented the report of the Finance and Economic Committee on the implementation of the 2024 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the review results of the 2025 National Economic and Social Development Plan. The Financial and Economic Commission recommends that the Third Session of the 14th National People’s Congress approve the Report on the Implementation of the National Economic and Social Development Plan for 2024 and the Draft National Economic and Social Development Plan for 2025 proposed by the State Council, and approve the draft national economic and social development plan for 2025. Xu Hongcai, Vice Chairman of the Finance and Economic Committee of the National People’s Congress, presented the report of the Finance and Economic Committee on the implementation of the central and local budgets in 2024 and the review results of the central and local budget drafts in 2025. The Finance and Economic Commission recommends that the Third Session of the 14th National People’s Congress approve the Report on the Implementation of the Central and Local Budgets in 2024 and the Draft Central and Local Budgets in 2025 proposed by the State Council, approve the draft central budget in 2025, and approve the general debt limit and special debt limit of local governments in 2025. The meeting passed two review results reports of the Finance and Economic Committee through a vote. On the afternoon of March 6th and the morning of March 7th, each delegation carefully reviewed the plan report and draft plan, as well as the budget report and draft budget. The State Council has made revisions to the plan report, draft plan, and budget report based on the review opinions of the representatives. The Executive Chairman of the Presidium, based on the review opinions of the representatives, the report and draft modifications, and the review results report of the Finance and Economic Committee, recommended the approval of the plan report and plan draft, budget report and central budget draft, and drafted two draft resolutions on the plan report and plan, budget report and budget. After a vote at the meeting, it was decided to submit the draft resolution on the implementation of the 2024 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the 2025 National Economic and Social Development Plan, as well as the draft resolution on the implementation of the 2024 Central and Local Budgets and the 2025 Central and Local Budgets, to each delegation for review. In the afternoon of March 7, delegations carefully considered the draft amendments to the Law on Deputies to the National People’s Congress and local people’s congresses at all levels. The Constitution and Law Committee of the National People’s Congress deliberated on the draft amendment and proposed a draft decision on the amendment of the Representation Law on the basis of the deliberation opinions of the delegations. The presidium meeting listened to the report on the review results of the draft amendment to the Representative Law by the Constitutional and Legal Committee Chairman Xin Chunying. After a vote at the meeting, the report on the deliberation results and the draft decision on amending the Representative Law were approved. It was decided to submit the draft decision on amending the Representative Law to all delegations for review.
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