{"url": "http://en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2026-04/20/c_1177405.htm", "status_code": 200, "content_type": "text/html", "markdown": "[ä¸æ\x80\x87](http://www.npc.gov.cn/)\n\n![](https://subsites.chinadaily.com.cn/npc/att/5342.files/i/logo.png)\n\n![](https://subsites.chinadaily.com.cn/npc/att/5342.files/i/wap/logo_w.png)\n\n[![](https://subsites.chinadaily.com.cn/npc/att/5344.files/i/book.jpg)](../../thegovernanceofchina.html)\n\n[![](https://subsites.chinadaily.com.cn/npc/att/5344.files/i/wap/book_w.png)](../../thegovernanceofchina.html)\n\n[nav](javascript:;)\n\n[close](javascript:;)\n\n- [*Home*](../../)\n- [*Constitution*](../../constitution.html)\n- [*State Structure*](../../statestructure.html)\n- [*About Congress**+*](../../aboutcongress.html)\n\n  - [Our Responsibilities](../../ourresponsibilities.html)\n  - NPC Structure\n  - [The Great Hall of the People](../../thegreathallofthepeople.html)\n  - [People's Congress System](../../peoplescongresssystem.html)\n- [*Chairman*](../../chairman.html)\n- [*Meetings**+*](../../annualmeetings.html)\n\n  - [Annual Meetings](../../annualmeetings.html)\n  - [Standing Committee Meetings](../../standingcommitteemeetings.html)\n  - [Council of Chairpersons](http://en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2026-02/25/c_1162261.htm)\n- [*Our Work**+*](../../legislation.html)\n\n  - [Legislation](../../legislation.html)\n  - [Supervision](../../supervision.html)\n  - [Intl Exchanges](../../internationalexchanges.html)\n- [*Deputies*](../../deputies.html)\n- [*Resources**+*](../../documentsandspeeches.html)\n\n  - [Documents & Speeches](../../documentsandspeeches.html)\n  - [Laws](../../laws.html)\n\n[ä¸æ\x80\x87](http://www.npc.gov.cn/)\n\n[Home](../../index.html)*>*\n[Chairman](../../chairman.html)*>*[Domestic Activities](../../domesticactivities.html)\n\n## Top legislature schedules standing committee session for late April\n\nXinhua\nUpdated: 2026-04-20\n\n![11.jpg](https://subsites.chinadaily.com.cn/npc/att/20260421/1776742278506091385.jpg \"1776742278506091385.jpg\")\n\nZhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presides over the 65th meeting of the Council of Chairpersons of the 14th NPC Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 20, 2026. [Xinhua/Liu Weibing]\n\nBEIJING -- The top legislature will hold a standing committee session from April 27 to 30 in Beijing, during which lawmakers will continue to work on draft revisions to the Prison Law and begin reviewing revisions to several other laws.\n\nDuring the session, draft revisions to the Law on State-Owned Assets of Enterprises, the Agriculture Law, the National Defense Mobilization Law, and the Water Law will be submitted for initial reviews, according to a proposed agenda decided on Monday.\n\nThe decision was made at a meeting of the Council of Chairpersons of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presided over by Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.\n\nLawmakers attending the NPC Standing Committee session will also continue to deliberate on a draft law on social assistance, a draft law on healthcare security, and a draft law on farmland protection and quality improvement.\n\nReports concerning environmental protection, State-owned assets management, and lawmakers' qualifications, as well as proposals regarding appointments or removals, will also be reviewed at the session.\n\nThe NPC Standing Committee's 2026 work priorities as well as its plans for legislative, oversight and deputies-related work, among others, were adopted at Monday's meeting.\n\n- [China's top legislator meets Vietnam's top leader](../15/c_1176175.htm)\n- [China's top legislator meets with Spanish PM](../15/c_1176056.htm)\n- [China's top legislator holds talks with New Zealand House of Representatives speaker](../13/c_1175652.htm)\n- [Chinese, Portugese legislative bodies agree to boost bilateral practical cooperation](../08/c_1174243.htm)\n- [Senior Chinese legislator pledges to advance China-Gabon traditional friendship](../08/c_1173850.htm)\n\n### links\n\n- [State Council](http://english.www.gov.cn/)\n- [CPPCC National Committee](http://en.cppcc.gov.cn/)\n- [Supreme People's Court](http://english.court.gov.cn/)\n- [Supreme People's Procuratorate](https://en.spp.gov.cn/index.html)\n- [Ministry of Foreign Affairs](https://www.mfa.gov.cn/mfa_eng/)\n- [Xinhuanet](http://www.news.cn/english/home.htm)\n- [People's Daily Online](http://en.people.cn/)\n- [China Daily](http://www.china Daily.com/)\n- [CCTV](https://english.cctv.com/)\n- [CRI.cn](http://chinaplus.cri.cn/)\n\nCopyright © The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. All Rights Reserved. Presented by China Daily.", "truncated": false, "error": null}