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1. During my call on Madame Wang Zhuqian (my letter of 15 February) we talked a little about the process of drafting legislation. said that the Legislative Affairs Commission (fazhi gongzuo
She weiyuanhui) for which she worked, was a working organisation set up to help the NPC Standing Committee. the initial drafting work on basic laws (such as the Constitution It was responsible for doing organisational laws), although in the process it would of course consult widely with all interested parties. working on the Copyright Law, though that was mainly the responsibility
They were at present of another department and on an administrative code (similar to the Civil and Criminal Codes).
2. More technical (eg economic) legislation would be drafted by the department most closely concerned. Standing Committee of the State Council, and after approval there, it It would then be submitted to the would be submitted to the NPC Standing Committee.
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further dis-
When draft laws were submitted to the NPC Standing Committee, they tended to be considered and discussed at one session and then revised for passing at a subsequent session. of giving bills a first and second reading.
She compared this to the process normal process.
It was a regular and She instanced the Bankruptcy Law as a case in point. It had originally been presented at the 16th Session; cussion at the 17th failed to reach agreement and it was referred to the 18th Session before it was finally passed. tors had misunderstood this normal process and had spoken of the
Many Western commenta- rivalry of "conservative" or "reformist" factions. wrong. By calling for further research and revisions (the Legislative
This was quite Affairs Commission had organised research groups to be sent to factories in Beijing and Tianjin to collect views) the NPC Standing Committee had been able to arrive at a proper consensus of views.
4. I asked about the failure of anything to be announced about the leadership of the Ministry of Supervision. initially a State Council matter but that things would become clearer Madame Wang said that was after the 20th Standing Committee Session in March.
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