Amendment to the Rules of Procedure for the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Beijing Municipality

· Document Number：Announcement No. 54 of the Standing Committee of Beijing Municipal People's Government

· Area of Law： Government Affairs

· Level of Authority： Provincial Local Regulations

· Date issued：03-30-2007

· Effective Date：03-30-2007

· Status： Effective

· Issuing Authority： Beijing Municipality

Announcement of the Standing Committee of Beijing Municipal People's Government
(No. 54)
The Amendment to the Rules of Procedure for the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Beijing Municipality, adopted at the 35th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12nd Beijing Municipal People's Congress on March 30, 2007, are hereby promulgated.
Standing Committee of the 12th Beijing Municipal People's Congress
March 30, 2007
Amendment to the Rules of Procedure for the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Beijing Municipality 
(Adopted at the 35th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th People's Congress of Beijing Municipality on March 30, 2007)
I. Article 23 shall be amended as follows: "The municipal people's government, the municipal higher people's court or the municipal higher people's procuratorate shall, 20 days before a meeting of the Standing Committee is held, deliver its report on specific issues, via its working office, to the special committee concerned of the municipal people's congress or the working body concerned of the Standing Committee for comments. After having made revisions to the report, the municipal people's government, the municipal higher people's court or the municipal higher people's procuratorate shall deliver it to the Standing Committee 10 days before the meeting of the Standing Committee is held."
II. Article 25 shall be amended as follows: "The opinions voiced by members of the Standing Committee in the deliberation of a report on specific issues shall be sorted out by the working body concerned of the Standing Committee and shall, after being singed by the chairman in charge or the Secretary-General, be distributed by the General Office to the organ concerned for studying and handling. The said organ shall, via its working office, report its studying and handling of these opinions to the special committee concerned of the municipal people's congress or the working body concerned of the Standing Committee for comments, and shall, within two months, submit a written report to the General Office of the Standing Committee, which shall then forward the report to the members of the Standing Committee.
"The report on specific issues heard by the Standing Committee and the opinions voiced in the deliberation of these reports, and the report of the municipal people's government, the municipal higher people's court or the municipal higher people's procuratorate on the studying and handling of the opinions voiced in the deliberation or on the implementation of resolutions, shall be notified to the deputies to the municipal people's congress and made known to the public by the working body concerned of the Standing Committee."
III. Article 30 shall be amended as follows: "Where more than half of the members of the Standing Committee who submit a written proposal for the addressing of questions are not satisfied with the reply made by the organ questioned, they may, by decision of the Council of Chairmen, request the said organ to make a reply again. If necessary, the Standing Committee may, at its meeting, adopt a resolution which shall be implemented by the organ questioned."
This Amendment shall be effective as of the date of promulgation.