The agenda of the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) was adopted on Wednesday morning by nearly 3,000 NPC deputies at a preparatory meeting. The agenda is as following:

-- hearing and deliberating the government work report by Premier Wen Jiabao

-- examining the Report on the Implementation of the 2008 Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Report on the draft 2009 Plan for National Economic and Social Development; and voting on the 2009 plan

-- examining the Report on the Implementation of the Central and Local Budgets for 2008 and on the Draft Central and Local Budgets for 2009; and voting on the 2009 central budget

-- hearing and deliberating the work report of the NPC Standing Committee made by chairman of NPC Standing Committee Wu Bangguo

-- hearing and deliberating the work report of the Supreme People's Court made by President of the Supreme People's Court Wang Shengjun

-- hearing and deliberating the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate made by Procurator-General Cao Jianming

The second session of the 11th NPC will start Thursday and is scheduled to end on March 13.

(Xinhua News Agency March 4, 2009)