Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), presides over a meeting of the 30th session of the 11th NPC standing committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 28, 2012. (Xinhua)
China's top legislature on Friday concluded a bimonthly session in which revised laws were adopted and the country's new police chief was appointed.
Members of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee voted to revise the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, the Law on Funds for Investment in Securities as well as the Agriculture Law.
Legislators also approved an amendment to the Labor Contract Law.
Guo Shengkun, 58, who previously served as Communist Party chief of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was appointed minister of public security, replacing Meng Jianzhu.
All the aforementioned revisions were endorsed and publicized by presidential orders signed by President Hu Jintao.
After debating over the course of the five-day session, 151 legislators approved a draft decision on strengthening the protection of online information, with a vote of 145 in favor, one against and five abstentions.
At the closing meeting of the session presided over by NPC Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo, legislators approved a draft decision on a pilot reform program in south China's Guangdong Province to limit administrative power by suspending or adjusting a list of governmental examination and approval items.
They also approved the composition of an electoral committee of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which will choose the new deputies from the PLA to the 12th NPC.
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