China's top legislature to convene annual session on March 5
BEIJING -- The 13th National People's Congress (NPC) will hold its second annual session in Beijing on March 5, 2019, according to a decision made by the NPC Standing Committee on Saturday.
The decision was adopted via a vote at the end of the NPC Standing Committee session held from Sunday to Saturday.
The suggested agenda of the annual session includes reviewing the government work report, examining reports on the implementation of the annual plan on national economic and social development in 2018, and the draft plan on national economic and social development in 2019, and examining reports on the implementation of the central and local budgets in 2018, and the draft central and local budgets in 2019.
Legislators are also expected to review the work reports of the NPC Standing Committee, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, according to the decision.
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