The Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress held its second plenary session
Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qiding, Xue Xiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng, etc. attended
Zhao Leji delivers a work report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Hear and review the work report of the Supreme People's Court and the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, etc.
The Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress held its second plenary meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the morning of the 9th to hear and review the work report of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the work report of the Supreme People's Court, and the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and review the report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the legal cleanup work and opinions on the handling of relevant laws and decisions.
Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and others attended the meeting.
Entrusted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Chairman Zhao Leji reported to the General Assembly on the work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Zhao Leji pointed out in the report that 2025 will be an extraordinary year. Over the past year, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, comprehensively implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the 20th Plenary Sessions, studied and implemented Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, and General Secretary Xi Jinping's Thoughts on the Rule of Law. Focusing on the important thought of upholding and improving the system of the People's Congress, focusing on building a more complete socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, building a higher-level socialist country under the rule of law, and closely focusing on the Chinese-style modernization drive to perform duties and assume responsibilities in accordance with the law, new progress and results have been achieved in all aspects of work. The first is to strengthen the implementation and supervision of the Constitution and safeguard the unity of the country's rule of law. The Standing Committee twice reviewed the draft Law on Promoting National Unity and Progress and submitted it to this session for review, laying a solid foundation for the rule of law in order to forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. Establishing a commemoration day for Taiwan’s liberation will strengthen the common national historical memory of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Improve the quality of constitutionality review and filing review work, and promote the spirit of the Constitution and the spirit of socialist rule of law. The second is to strengthen legislative work to serve and protect reform and development with high-quality legislation. Coordinated the drafting of legislation, reforms, abolitions, and interpretations. In the past year, a total of 40 draft laws, legal interpretations, and decisions were reviewed, and 24 of them were adopted, including 6 enactments of laws and 14 amendments to laws. The third is to perform supervisory duties and give full play to the important role of National People's Congress supervision in the party and state supervision system. A total of 22 supervision work reports were heard and reviewed, the implementation of 5 laws was inspected, 2 special inquiries, 11 special investigations were organized, and 1 resolution was made. The fourth is to deepen and expand the work of representatives and better play the role of representatives of the National People's Congress. We will fully implement the newly revised Representative Law, continue to strengthen the capacity building of representatives, closely rely on representatives to do all kinds of work, and support and guarantee representatives to perform their duties in accordance with the law. The fifth is to give full play to the characteristics and advantages of the National People's Congress's foreign exchanges and actively serve the overall diplomatic situation of the country. Sixth, comprehensively strengthen self-construction and continuously improve the ability and level of performing duties in accordance with the law.
In the report, Zhao Leji pointed out that we are clearly aware that there are still some gaps and deficiencies in our work. We will listen humbly to the opinions and suggestions of representatives and all parties, consciously accept the supervision of the people, and continuously strengthen and improve our work.
In the report, Zhao Leji pointed out that 2026 is the first year of the “15th Five-Year Plan”. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress must deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve the "two safeguards", adhere to the organic unity of the party's leadership, the people's ownership of the country, and the rule of law, develop full-process people's democracy, adhere to, improve, and operate the People's Congress system well, strive for stability while promoting high-quality development of the work of the National People's Congress, and make due contributions to achieving a good start in the "15th Five-Year Plan".
In the report, Zhao Leji laid out the tasks for the next year: promote the comprehensive implementation of the Constitution, improve the legal system related to the Constitution, and give full play to the core role of the Constitution in legislation; continuously improve the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, focus on ensuring the implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan", strengthen legislation in key areas, emerging areas, and foreign-related fields, and strive to improve the quality of legislation; further enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of supervision work, and promote resolution Restrict outstanding contradictions and problems in economic and social development, and promote the rule of law in all aspects of work; provide services and ensure that representatives perform their duties in accordance with the law, support representatives to closely contact the people, and better reflect the public opinion and wisdom of the people's opinions and deliberation speeches; actively carry out the People's Congress's external exchanges, based on the functions and responsibilities of the People's Congress, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with foreign parliaments, international and regional parliamentary organizations; solidly promote the construction of the "four organs" and improve the work level of the People's Congress in the new era.
Zhang Jun, President of the Supreme People's Court, pointed out in the work report of the Supreme People's Court that in 2025, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the Supreme People's Court faithfully performed its responsibilities conferred by the Constitution and laws, focused on serving China's modernization drive with high-quality judicial services, and made new progress in various tasks. The Supreme People's Court accepted 29,154 cases and closed 31,958 cases, a year-on-year decrease of 16.5% and 1.8% respectively. Courts at all levels across the country accepted 37.486 million trial and enforcement cases, and concluded 36.2 million cases, a year-on-year increase of 10.8% and 8.9% respectively.
Focusing on adhering to fairness and justice, Zhang Jun reviewed the work in 2025: ensuring high-level security with high-quality justice; serving high-quality development with high-quality justice; protecting high-quality life with high-quality justice; supporting high-level opening up with high-quality justice; standardizing the operation of judicial power; and consciously accepting supervision from all aspects.
Zhang Jun stated in the report that in 2026, the people's courts must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, strengthen confidence in the rule of law, pay more attention to the coordination of the rule of law with reform, development, and stability, pay more attention to ensuring and promoting social fairness and justice, strengthen trial work in the new era, and provide strong judicial services and guarantees to achieve a good start in the "15th Five-Year Plan". Perform duties faithfully, be thorough and practical in serving the overall situation and administering justice to the people; be upright and innovative, and improve the fair judicial system and mechanism; strictly manage and show love, forge an iron army of courts in the new era that is worthy of important responsibilities, work together, work hard and take on responsibilities, and make new and greater contributions to building a higher-level socialist country under the rule of law.
Ying Yong, Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, pointed out in the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate that in 2025, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the Supreme People's Procuratorate will actively integrate into further comprehensively deepening reforms and advancing the Chinese-style modernization process, insisting on serving the overall situation, serving the people's justice, and taking responsibility for the rule of law, strengthening procuratorial supervision, handling every case with high quality and efficiency, and continuing to promote the procuratorial practice of Xi Jinping's rule of law thought. All procuratorial work has achieved new results. Procuratorates across the country handled a total of 3.467 million cases of various types, of which the Supreme People's Procuratorate handled 8,151 cases.
Ying Yong reviewed the work in 2025: implement the overall national security concept and promote the construction of a higher level of Safe China; implement the new development concept completely, accurately and comprehensively, and serve high-quality development; adhere to the people's livelihood as the first priority and safeguard the people's rights and interests in accordance with the law; strengthen procuratorial supervision and promote fairness and justice; strengthen the awareness of accepting supervision to ensure that procuratorial power always operates on the track of the rule of law; with the political construction of the party as the guide, effectively strengthen the construction of a strong procuratorial team.
Ying Yong pointed out in the report that in 2026, procuratorial organs nationwide must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, pay more attention to the coordination of the rule of law with reform, development, and stability, pay more attention to ensuring and promoting social fairness and justice, and perform the duties of national legal supervision agencies. We will always uphold the party's absolute leadership over procuratorial work, better serve high-quality development and high-level security, deepen procuratorial work for the people, strengthen procuratorial supervision, strengthen public interest litigation, and continue to strengthen the construction of the procuratorial team.
The meeting also reviewed the report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the legal cleanup work and opinions on the handling of relevant laws and decisions.
There should be 2878 representatives present at the meeting, 2760 people were present and 118 were absent. The number of people present complied with the quorum.
The meeting was chaired by Li Hongzhong, executive chairman and executive chairman of the presidium of the conference.
Executive chairman of the conference Yu Weiguo, Wang Ning, Wang Weizhong, Wang Zhonglin, Wang Xiaohui, Wang Hao, Bayin Chaolu, Feng Fei, Liu Yiliang, Du Jiahao, Li Xiuling, Yang Xiaochao, Wu Xiaojun, Zhang Shengmin, Chen Xiaojiang, Lin Wu, Zhou Zuyi, Zhao Yide, Ni Yuefeng, Huang Lixin, Huang Qiang, Huang Chuping, and Luo Shugang took their seats at the executive chair of the rostrum.
