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BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Friday ended its bimonthly session(会议), adopting a series of bills including a law on vehicle and vessel1 taxation2, which is aimed at standardizing3 taxation and promoting environmental awareness4 and energy efficiency.
The National People's Congress (NPC) Standing5 Committee(常务委员会) also voted to adopt an amendment6 to the Criminal Law which reduces the number of crimes punishable by death by 13 to 55.
Moreover, it passed the country's first law on intangible cultural heritage protection, which is expected to better preserve heritages of historic, literary, artistic7 or scientific value.
At the session that opened on Wednesday, lawmakers validated8 the dismissal of Liu Zhijun from his post as the railways minister and appointed Sheng Guangzu, the former head of the General Administration of Customs, to replace Liu.
The discipline watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said on Feb. 12 that Liu was under investigation9 for alleged10 "severe violation11 of discipline," while the CPC Central Committee's Organization Department said he had been removed from the post of the ministry's Party chief.
Wu Bangguo, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, said at the closing of the bimonthly session that the democratic rights of NPC members should be fully12 respected and guaranteed during the upcoming NPC plenary session.
On Friday afternoon, the members of the NPC Standing Committee attended a lecture on China's water conservancy development.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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n.征税,税收,税金 | |
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3 standardizing | |
使合乎规格,使标准化( standardize的现在分词 ); 规格化 | |
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4 awareness | |
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智 | |
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5 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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6 amendment | |
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案 | |
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7 artistic | |
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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8 validated | |
v.证实( validate的过去式和过去分词 );确证;使生效;使有法律效力 | |
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9 investigation | |
n.调查,调查研究 | |
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10 alleged | |
a.被指控的,嫌疑的 | |
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11 violation | |
n.违反(行为),违背(行为),侵犯 | |
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12 fully | |
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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