The 32nd and final session of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, is to convene from Feb. 26 to Feb 28.

An important task at the three-day session was to get well prepared for the first 11th NPC session, to be held in March, according to a statement issued after a meeting of the chairman and vice-chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee on Friday.

Wu Bangguo, NPC Standing Committee chairman, presided over the meeting.

Participants at the February session would deliberate the draft report on the work of the 10th NPC Standing Committee and a report on examining the qualifications of deputies to the 11th NPC.

Lawmakers would also deliberate the draft agenda of the first 11th NPC session, the draft presidium and secretary-general name list, and a draft name list of non-voting delegates of the session.

During the February session, lawmakers would continue reviewing a draft amendment to the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law and conduct a first reading on a draft amendment to the Law on the Protection of Disabled Persons.

(Xinhua News Agency February 16, 2008)