Held the second plenary session

On March 7, the first session of the 14th National People's Congress held the second plenary session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Entrusted by the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, Chairman Li Zhanshu reported to the Congress on the work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Photographed by Li Tao, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

The second plenary session of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of the 7th to hear and review the work report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the work report of the Supreme People's Court and the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and to hear the explanation of the State Council's institutional reform plan.

Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Han Zheng, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and others attended the meeting.

There are 2977 representatives to attend the meeting, 2943 to attend and 34 to be absent. The number of participants meets the quorum.

Li Hongzhong, standing chairman and executive chairman of the presidium of the conference, presided over the meeting.

Entrusted by the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, Chairman Li Zhanshu reported to the Congress on the work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Li Zhanshu pointed out in the report that in the past year, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress earnestly implemented the spirit of the 19th and 20th National Congress of the Party, adhered to high-quality legislative work, formulated five laws, revised nine laws, adopted four decisions on legal issues and major issues, and made one legal interpretation; Adhere to high-quality supervision, check the implementation of five laws, listen to and review 23 supervision work reports, carry out special inquiries, and carry out 8 special investigations; Adhering to the principle of high-quality representation, we handled 487 representative proposals and 9349 suggestions, and more than 100 representatives participated in the work of the Standing Committee, the Special Committee and the Working Committee; Adhere to high-quality foreign affairs work; 393 staff members of state organs were appointed and removed according to law, and the tasks set at the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress were successfully completed.

Li Zhanshu said in his report that the five-year term of office of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress coincides with a period of great historical change in the vigorous development of the cause of the Party and the country. The Standing Committee has deeply understood the decisive significance of the "two establishment", strengthened the "four consciousness", strengthened the "four self-confidence", and achieved the "two maintenance", always firmly maintained the authority of the Party Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership, firmly implemented the Party's theory, line, principles and policies, firmly grasped the correct direction of the work of the People's Congress, closely followed the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, and closely followed the expectations of the people for a better life, In keeping with the need to promote the modernization of the country's governance system and capacity, implement the major concept of people's democracy throughout the process, rely on all representatives, exercise the legislative, supervisory, decision-making, appointment and removal powers according to law, earnestly perform the glorious responsibilities entrusted by the Party and the people, and strive to achieve the solemn commitment of not meeting the heavy trust of the Party Central Committee and the expectations of the people.

Li Zhanshu said in the report that in the past five years, 47 amendments to the Constitution have been passed, 47 laws have been enacted, 111 laws have been amended, 53 legal interpretations and decisions on legal issues and major issues have been made, and 19 laws and decisions have been considered but not yet passed; Heard and deliberated 182 supervision work reports and other reports, inspected the implementation of 30 laws and decisions, and carried out 11 special inquiries and 33 special investigations; 2282 representative proposals and 43750 representative proposals have all been handled, and representatives' satisfaction with the handling of proposals and proposals has reached 98%; Decides to ratify or accede to 36 treaties and important agreements; 1515 staff members of state organs were appointed or removed according to law. The following work has been carried out: first, comprehensively implement the Constitution and safeguard its authority and dignity; Second, improve the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, promote development and ensure good governance with good law; Third, we should make good use of the supervisory power entrusted to the NPC by the Constitution, and implement correct, effective and legal supervision; Fourth, give full play to the role of deputies to the National People's Congress, so that the people can call for what they want and what they want; Fifth, give full play to the advantages of the NPC in foreign exchanges and serve the overall diplomatic situation of the Party and the country; Sixth, under the leadership of political construction, the Standing Committee should strengthen its own construction.

Li Zhanshu said in the report that five years of practice has further deepened our understanding of the scientific connotation, basic characteristics and essential requirements of the people's congress system, which is that we must adhere to the leadership of the CPC, adhere to Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, adhere to the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics, and adhere to the major concept of people's democracy throughout the process, We must adhere to the system of people's congresses and the fundamental tasks, development path and goals of the country established by the Constitution.

In the suggestions for the work in the next year, Li Zhanshu pointed out that 2023 is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress. The first task of the Standing Committee is to do a good job in the implementation and legislation of the Constitution; Second, strengthen the effectiveness of the NPC's supervision; Third, improve the level of representative work; Fourth, do a good job in the NPC's foreign exchanges; Fifth, strengthen the self-building of the Standing Committee.

Zhou Qiang, President of the Supreme People's Court, pointed out in the report on the work of the Supreme People's Court that in 2022, the work of the national courts will make steady progress. The Supreme People's Court accepted 18547 cases and concluded 13785; Local people's courts at all levels and special people's courts accepted 33.704 million cases, concluded and enforced 30.81 million cases, and the subject matter of the case was 9.9 trillion yuan.

Zhou Qiang said in the report that, over the past five years, the Supreme People's Court has adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, thoroughly implemented Xi Jinping's thought of rule of law, comprehensively implemented the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress and the 19th plenary sessions, conscientiously studied and implemented the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, faithfully performed the duties entrusted by the Constitution and laws, and promoted the work of the People's Court to achieve new changes and new development. First, resolutely safeguard national security, social stability and people's peace; Second, serve according to law to build a new development pattern and promote high-quality development; Third, adhere to the path of justice for the people with Chinese characteristics; Fourth, firmly hold the last line of defense to maintain social fairness and justice; Fifth, significant progress has been made in the reform of the judicial system and the construction of smart courts; Sixth, forge a loyal, clean and responsible court iron army.

In the report, Zhou Qiang put forward suggestions on the work in 2023 from five aspects: guided by Xi Jinping's rule of law thought, we should unswervingly follow the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics; Better coordinate development and security, and serve high-level security and high-quality development according to law; Insist on taking the people as the center, and firmly promote justice for the people and fair justice; Deepen the reform of the judicial system and accelerate the modernization of the judicial system and judicial capacity; Adhere to the principle of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and the court, and strengthen the construction of the court team.

Zhang Jun, the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, pointed out in the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate that in the past five years, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, and under the strong supervision of the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee, the Supreme People's Procuratorate has innovatively constructed a new pattern of "four major procuratorates" in criminal, civil, administrative and public interest litigation, practiced the people's supremacy, and actively performed the legal supervision responsibilities entrusted by the Constitution and law, People's procuratorial work has achieved new leapfrog development. From 2018 to 2022, the national procuratorial organs handled 17.336 million cases of various types, up 40% from the previous five years. Compared with 2018, the number of cases accepted for examination and prosecution increased by 2.8% in 2022, and the number of cases handled for civil, administrative and public interest litigation increased by 1.5 times, 3.3 times and 72.6% respectively.

In the report, Zhang Jun reviewed his work in the past five years from six aspects: first, to maintain security and stability, and to help the rule of China with active procurators; The second is to focus on the overall situation of service and promote high-quality development with dynamic procuratorial work; Third, adhere to the principle of justice for the people and ensure the well-being of the people with active procuratorial work; Fourth, strengthen litigation supervision and maintain judicial justice through active procuratorial work; Fifth, expand public interest litigation and protect public interests with active procuratorial work; Sixthly, we should adhere to strict inspection, and temper the excellent team with active inspection.

In the report, Zhang Jun put forward suggestions for the work in 2023: First, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era; Second, resolutely safeguard national security and social stability; Third, make full use of the power of the rule of law to serve high-quality development; Fourth, improve the ability of legal supervision; Fifth, deepen the comprehensive reform of the judicial system; Sixth, build an iron procuratorial force worthy of the task.

The proposal of the State Council's institutional reform plan submitted by Premier Li Keqiang pointed out that the 20th National Congress of the CPC made important arrangements for deepening institutional reform. The Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee deliberated and adopted the Reform Plan of the Party and State Institutions, and agreed to submit the contents of the reform of the State Council's institutions to the first session of the 14th National People's Congress for deliberation. The State Council's Institutional Reform Plan, formed in accordance with the Party and State Institutional Reform Plan, is now submitted to the first session of the 14th National People's Congress for deliberation.

Entrusted by the State Council, Xiao Jie, State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council, made a statement on the institutional reform plan of the State Council. Xiao Jie pointed out in the statement that the institutional reform of the State Council, as an important task of the Party and state institutional reform, focuses on strengthening the optimization and adjustment of institutional responsibilities in key areas such as science and technology, financial supervision, data management, rural revitalization, intellectual property rights, and aging work, transforming government functions, and accelerating the construction of a government ruled by law.

The specific contents of the institutional reform of the State Council are as follows: to reorganize the Ministry of Science and Technology; Establish the State Financial Supervision and Administration; Deepen the reform of local financial supervision system; The China Securities Regulatory Commission is adjusted to be an institution directly under the State Council; Promote the reform of branches of the People's Bank of China as a whole; Improve the state-owned financial capital management system; Strengthen the unified and standardized management of the staff of the financial management department; Establish the National Data Bureau; Optimize the responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Improve the working system for the elderly; Improve the intellectual property management system; The National Bureau of Letters and Calls was adjusted to be an institution directly under the State Council; Reduce the staffing of central state organs. After adjustment according to the above plan, the State Council has 26 constituent departments except the General Office of the State Council.

The executive chairmen of the conference, Wang Ning, Liu Yiliang, Liu Ning, Li Xiuling, Chen Gang, Zheng shanjie, Ni Yuefeng, Jing Junhai and Lou Yangsheng, took seats at the executive chairman's table.