China's NPC holds second plenary meeting on restructuring State Council.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

A scheme to restructure China's State Council has been deliberated at the 10th NPC's second plenary meeting. Some of the proposals are: for the State Development Planning Commission to be reorganized into the State Development Planning and Reform Commission; to set up a Ministry of Commerce; to change the name of the National Family Planning Commission into the National Population and Family Planning Commission; and to drop the State Economic and Trade Commission and Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. The proposed scheme would leave 28 departments in the council. The meeting also heard three reports: Zeng Peiyan's report on targets for economic and social development; and two reports on the budget by Xiang Huaicheng and Wang Zhongyu. The following is the text of "Authorized release by the 'two sessions'": "First Session of 10th NPC Holds Second Plenary meeting"; carried by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)

Beijing, 6 March: The First Session of the 10th National People's Congress [NPC] held its second plenary meeting on the morning of 6 March. The State Council restructuring scheme, which is of concern, …