Differences over some issues in the law which concerns the interests of almost everyone in China have caused the delay in the legislation plan, Yang Jingyu, director of the Law Committee of the NPC, told China Daily.
According to China's Legislation Law, a draft law should be reviewed by legislators at least thrice before being approved. If the interval1 between two reviews exceeds two years, the draft law is taken off the legislators' agenda.
In line with the NPC's working plan, the law on property rights will now be reviewed by the TOP legislature's Standing2 Committee in August and December to take into account various views.
Earlier reports have suggested that a Peking University law professor's opposition3 to the legislation was a catalyst4 for the change in the law-making plan.
That is not true, Yang said. It is impossible for an inpidual to change the legislation process.
Most people regard the draft of the law as good, but differences still exist on some specific issues.
We have solicited5 more than 11,500 opinions, said Yang. We changed the law-making plan to improve the legislation.
He also denied that the law is against the principles of the Constitution because it emphasizes equal protection to both State and private assets.
China's Constitution also recognizes the private economy, he noted6.
Yang also said legislators will start their third review of the supervision7 law in June after a nearly two-year suspension.
The supervision law, detailing legal procedures for the NPC and its Standing Committee to supervise the work of the State Council, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, touches on many sensitive and complicated issues in China's political system
