China's top legislature will hold its first ever legislative hearing on Tuesday, announced by the Commission of Legislative Affairs of the NPC Standing Committee on Monday.

The legislative hearing is on the adjustment of personal income tax deduction criterion and will be held by the Law Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the Commission of Legislative Affairs of the NPC Standing Committee and the NPC Financial and Economic Committee.

Since the convention of the legislative hearing was announced on Aug. 28, the NPC Standing Committee has received 4,982 applications for attending the hearing from all over the country.

Among the applications, 33 percent held that the personal income tax deduction criterion of 1,500 yuan (185 US dollars) was proper; while 47 percent said the tax deduction criterion should be more than 1,500 yuan and 6 percent said the proper tax deduction line should be less 1,500 yuan.

According to an official of the Commission of Legislative Affairs of the NPC Standing Committee, 20 representatives have been picked out among the more than 4,000 applicants to express their opinions on the upcoming legislative hearing. They are civil servants, teachers, technicians, migrant workers and work staff of enterprises.

Eight of them from economically-developed eastern provinces, six from central China and six from under-developed western provinces. Their monthly incomes are in the categories of less than 1,500 yuan, more than 1,500 yuan, more than 3,000 yuan (370 US dollars), more than 5,000 yuan (620 US dollars) and more than 10,000 yuan (1,230 US dollars).

Source: Xinhua