The upcoming fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress is the first session of the National People's Congress since its rules of procedure were revised on March 11 last year. The rules of procedure of the National People's Congress is an important law regulating the "how to hold" and "how to do well" of the National People's Congress. What new changes will the amendment bring to the General Assembly this year? The deliberation process of legal cases has been optimized, the efficiency has been improved, and the quality has not been reduced Careful people will find that in the past, when the General Assembly considered the bill, the procedure was "draft law - draft amendment - draft proposal voting draft - voting draft". Taking the draft civil code deliberated at the third session of the 13th National People's Congress in 2020 as an example, During this period, the experience of "explanation of the General Assembly - Discussion of the representative group - deliberation of the first executive chairman meeting - deliberation of the second presidium meeting - Discussion of the representative group meeting - deliberation of the second executive chairman meeting - deliberation of the third presidium meeting - Discussion of the representative group meeting - deliberation of the third executive chairman meeting - deliberation of the fourth presidium meeting - voting at the closing meeting" is called "three up and three down". The revised rules of procedure of the National People's Congress make it clear that the revised draft of the law can be directly submitted to the general assembly for voting after further revision after deliberation by all delegations, reducing the deliberation link of the "draft proposal voting draft" in the past. Such amendments not only fully comply with the relevant provisions of the legislative law, but also help to improve the efficiency of deliberation. But will it affect the quality of legal case deliberation? In fact, the draft amendment to the organic law of local people's congresses and local people's governments at all levels submitted to this year's general assembly for deliberation has been deliberated twice at the meetings of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in October and December last year. During the deliberation, members of the standing Committee of the National People's Congress fully expressed their opinions. Therefore, the draft law has been improved, For example, the second reviewer of the draft refined, supplemented and strengthened the relevant provisions on the review and supervision of the budget and final accounts of the National People's Congress, and added provisions that local people's congresses can decide to hold meetings in advance or postponed as appropriate. At the same time, according to the rules of procedure of the National People's Congress, in January this year, the general office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the Constitutional Law Committee of the National People's Congress and the law working committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress extensively solicited the opinions of deputies on organizing deputies to study and discuss the draft amendment to the local organic law in advance. Some opinions have been reflected in the draft submitted to the general assembly for deliberation. During the Congress, delegates will also have time to fully consider and express their opinions. The various institutional designs of the rules of procedure of the National People's Congress have optimized the links of deliberating legal cases during the Congress, improved efficiency, and ensured that the deputies fully deliberated and put forward their opinions, which reflects the continuous improvement of the National People's Congress system with the times. The voting methods of bills and proposals were uniformly stipulated, and the procedures of the general assembly were further standardized Exercising the right to vote at the National People's Congress is a legal power of deputies to the National People's Congress. When the rules of procedure of the National People's Congress are revised, the relevant contents of the voting methods for bills and proposals of the National People's Congress over the years shall be absorbed, and the voting methods shall be clearly and uniformly stipulated in Article 60 of the rules of procedure—— "The voting of proposals at the meeting shall be conducted by secret ballot. If the voting system fails in use, a show of hands shall be adopted." "The amendment of the Constitution shall be voted by secret ballot." "The provisions of paragraph 1 of this article shall apply to the voting methods of the preparatory meeting and the presidium meeting." The unified standardization of voting methods ensures the consistency of voting methods. In this way, the first meeting of the presidium of each Congress in the future will not need to consider and vote on the voting proposals of this Congress separately. Enable the work information platform to make it more convenient for representatives to perform their duties The newly revised rules of procedure of the National People's Congress stipulates that the meetings of the National People's Congress use modern information technology to promote the electronization of meeting documents and materials, and provide convenience and services for delegates to perform their duties by means of online video. In order to implement the requirements of the rules of procedure, the information platform for the work of deputies to the National People's Congress was officially launched on February 23 this year. It is understood that according to the work arrangement of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, during this year's general assembly, the deputies' suggestions will be formally submitted and distributed through the platform for the first time. In fact, in March 2021, during the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress, some deputies tried the informatization platform of deputies' work. During the trial period of last year's Congress, it is more convenient for delegates to obtain opinions and suggestions through the whole process of informatization. At present, after the Congress is closed, it is more efficient for delegates to contact and improve the function of informatization in the performance of their duties and suggestions. I believe that with the help of the information platform this year, it will be more convenient for delegates to perform their duties and the conference will be more streamlined and efficient. The conference will be more open and transparent to show China's self-confidence Provisions have been added to the newly revised rules of procedure of the National People's Congress—— "The National People's Congress shall have a speaker at its session, and the delegation may have a speaker as needed." "The Secretariat may organize representatives and heads of relevant departments and units to be interviewed by the news media. Delegations may organize representatives of their own delegations to be interviewed by the news media." "The plenary session of the General Assembly will be publicly reported through radio, television, Internet and other media." These Provisions are the summary and norms of a series of mature practices of the general assembly in recent years to ensure the openness and transparency of the general assembly through legal procedures. It is understood that this year, the spokesperson of the conference will hold a press conference and arrange representative channels and ministerial channels. The information center will make full use of Internet and other technologies to provide services for Chinese and foreign journalists and actively assist Chinese and foreign journalists to contact and interview. The openness and transparency of the conference is also a concrete embodiment of the advantages of the people's democratic system in the whole process, showing China's openness and self-confidence. (Xinhua News Agency)