Deputies and delegations to the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), or China's parliament, have put forward 1,006 motions on legislation during its fourth session, with more than half of them focusing on administrative and economic laws, a senior official with the legislature said Monday.

"Of all the motions, 33.1 percent are about government functions, concerning the boosting of sci-tech development and education; 20.1 percent are related to economic legislation involving rural development, resources saving and environmental protection," said Sheng Huaren, deputy secretary-general of this NPC session.

As provide by law, a valid motion should have at least 30 signatures of individual NPC deputies or be put forward by a provincial delegation. Of all the motions, 1,003 come from deputies and 3 from delegations.

"NPC deputies have paid more attention to motions they put forward, and the bills are of higher quality and more feasible," Sheng said. Of all the motions, 541, or 53.9 percent, are appendixed with law drafts.

Sheng pledged that the NPC Standing Committee will "seriously consider the law drafts and absorb their contents" in making relevant laws. Deputies should also be invited to attend meetings on enacting the laws to which they have made contributions, he said.

Lawmakers presented 991 legislative motions during last year's annual session. Some have been turned into laws and regulations, including the high-profile legislation on lifting the threshold of personal income tax levy from 800 yuan to 1600 yuan.

Source: Xinhua