The newly-elected Standing Committee of the 10th National People's
Congress (NPC) held the first meeting of its chairman and vice
chairpersons in Beijing Tuesday afternoon, deciding to convene the
first meeting of the 10th NPC Standing Committee Wednesday.
Wu
Bangguo, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the
meeting.
Wednesday's NPC Standing Committee meeting will appoint deputy
secretaries-general of the NPC Standing Committee, appoint and
remove the chairmen and vice chairmen of the Legislative Affairs
Commission and the Budgetary Work Committee of the NPC Standing
Committee, and appoint the chairman, vice chairman and members of
the Basic Law Committee of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(SAR) under the NPC Standing Committee.
Sheng Huaren, vice chairman and secretary-general of the NPC
Standing Committee, reported to the meeting concerning the agenda,
schedule and other matters related to personnel appointment and
removal for Wednesday's meeting.
Wednesday's meeting of the NPC Standing Committee is scheduled to
last half a day.
All vice chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee attended
Tuesday's meeting.
(Xinhua News Agency March 19, 2003)
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