Second, we conducted friendly foreign exchanges on multiple levels and in various ways. We successfully organized the first official visits to Peru, Colombia, and Mexico by Chairperson of the NPC Standing Committee; received 53 congressional and parliamentary delegations from countries such as Switzerland, Nigeria, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan; increased exchange between NPC special committees and friendship groups on the one hand and their counterparts in the national parliaments and congresses of other countries on the other; played a constructive role in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Asian Parliamentary Assembly, and other parliamentary organizations; and appropriately arranged the overseas trips of the NPC Tibetan Delegation and the NPC Youth Representatives Friendship Delegation. Through these efforts, we made friends in many places, and advanced cooperation and furthered friendship with other countries. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the NPC properly carried out its work, serving the efforts to pool the support and wisdom of overseas Chinese.

Third, we made our foreign contacts more targeted. With a view to safeguarding the overall development of China's foreign relations and serving its national development strategy, we strengthened exchanges concerning state governance experience with our foreign counterparts, provided a good legal and policy environment for deepening China's pragmatic cooperation with other countries, and consolidated the social foundation and public support for the development of China's relations with other countries.

Fourth, we shared both China's story and the story of the NPC. We helped international audiences better understand and identify with China's path of development, its basic national context, and its domestic and foreign policies.

We strengthened the NPC's information and publicity work. Through the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the NPC, China's first National Constitution Day, and the 30th anniversary of the promulgation of the Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy, as well as other important activities, we worked hard to enhance public knowledge about China's fundamental political system, its basic political systems, and the fundamental law of the country by holding symposiums and forums, producing documentaries, and publishing chronicles of historic events.

We worked to better publicize and give deeper explanations on the NPC's work, such as its legislative, oversight, and diplomatic work as well as its work related to deputies. We also actively publicized representative cases and examples of work within local people's congresses to demonstrate the achievements and diligence of their deputies and staff.

We redoubled our self-improvement efforts. We consistently gave top priority to improving ourselves both theoretically and politically so that we are firm on our shared ideals and convictions and on our political standing, strictly observe the Party's political discipline and regulations, progress in our political awareness, and enhance our awareness of the overall interests of the nation, of shouldering responsibility, and of daring to take on tasks. In compliance with the requirement to constantly improve conduct, we faithfully followed the CPC Central Committee's eight-point decision on improving Party and government conduct; consolidated and expanded the results achieved in the campaign to study and practice the Party's mass line; and made persistent and determined efforts to help improve Party conduct, uphold integrity, and combat corruption.

We improved the organization of Standing Committee meetings and arranged meetings according to the specific agendas at hand in an effort to raise the quality of deliberation. As members of the Standing Committee were more fully prepared, they were more eager to express their opinions at meetings, and their deliberations were better targeted and produced more tangible results. The system for collective study among members of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Standing Committee was improved, Standing Committee seminars were better organized, and it was ensured that subjects were carefully selected and decided. The principles of learning for the purpose of application, integrating learning with practice, and reviewing practice to promote learning were strongly promoted.

We improved our leadership over the work of special committees while giving full play to the role of these committees. Focusing on the central work of the NPC and its Standing Committee, the special committees diligently studied, deliberated on, and prepared bills; actively conducted inspections of the enforcement of laws, research on special topics, and follow-up oversight; and strengthened deliberation of proposals put forward by NPC deputies and oversight over the handling of their suggestions, thereby contributing to improving the NPC's work.

The bodies of the NPC continued to improve themselves in terms of political integrity, work style, institutions, and competence, and their officials and staff further fortified their ideals and convictions and improved their conduct. All the efforts in this regard have provided an excellent guarantee for serving the NPC and its Standing Committee in performing their functions and duties and carrying out their work in accordance with the law. (More)


Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee (10)