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all our deputies, we will be able to produce a civil code that boasts Chinese
characteristics, encapsulates the spirit of the times, reflects the will of the people,

and safeguards civil rights and social fairness and justice.

Our legislative work since last year has provided us with the following
important lessons: as socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era,
our legislative work must meet the new requirements for the development of the
cause of the Party and the state, uphold a people-centered philosophy, and ensure
that the propositions of the Party are translated into the will of the state through
legally stipulated procedures. We must see that new experiences and achievements
captured in reform and opening up are promptly reflected in legislation, that the

decision-making processes for legislation and reform are interlinked and unified,
and that our laws become more timely, systematic, targeted, and effective, in a
continued effort to improve the Chinese socialist legal system.

III. We advanced oversight work in line with our legally prescribed duties
and with a focus on major tasks in reform and development.

We continued to exercise proper and effective oversight, put focus on ensuring
that administrative, supervisory, judicial, and procuratorial powers are exercised
properly and in accordance with the law, and laid emphasis on urgent problems of
immediate concern to the people, with a view to seeing that the people share more

fully and fairly in the fruits of reform and development, better promoting
economic and social development, and aiding the advancement of reform tasks.

We conducted law-based oversight on the plans and budgets of the
government. We heard and deliberated reports on the implementation of the plan
for national economic and social development and on budget execution, and put
forward more than 300 comments and suggestions on meeting major targets,
fulfilling key tasks, and ensuring more effective use of funds in order to facilitate

progress in the three critical battles against poverty, pollution, and potential risks
and in efforts to stabilize employment, the financial sector, foreign trade, foreign
investment, domestic investment, and expectations. We heard and deliberated
reports on the auditing of the execution of central government budgets and other
items of revenue and expenditure and on the rectification of problems discovered
through audit in 2018, and urged relevant departments to strictly abide by

financial and economic laws and regulations and thoroughly rectify any relevant
problems.

Expanding the focus of budget review and oversight of people’s congresses to

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