Highlights of NPC Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo's work report

BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo delivered a report on the work of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) Tuesday afternoon to the parliament's annual session.

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's  Congress (NPC), delivers a work report of the Standing Committee of the  NPC during the third plenary meeting of the Third Session of the 11th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 9,  2010. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

Following are the highlights of Wu's report:

OVERALL WORK OF 2009

Over the past year, the NPC Standing Committee deliberated 22 draft laws and draft decisions on relevant legal issues, passed 14 of them, heard and deliberated 14 work reports from the State Council, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, adopted two resolutions, investigated compliance with three laws, approved seven treaties and accords China concluded with foreign countries and its accession to international conventions, and made decisions on and approved the appointment and removal of a number of employees in state organs, thus making further contributions to building socialism with Chinese characteristics.