Also on the table of the lawmakers were the draft law on Yangtze River conservation, the draft law on urban maintenance and construction tax and the draft law on deed tax, which were all submitted for their first reading.

Entrusted by the State Council, Wang Xiaohong, vice minister of public security, briefed lawmakers on a draft resolution to abolish the "custody and education" system, a penalty reserved for law violations related to prostitution, which has finished its role in history and is ready for abolition as China's law-based governance advances and legal system keeps improving.

A draft decision on starting a pilot program to streamline civil proceedings in some regions of the country was submitted by the Supreme People's Court.

Lawmakers also reviewed a draft decision on the third annual session of the 13th NPC.

Other personnel issues were heard or reviewed at Monday's meeting.

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