China's top legislature started its bimonthly session Monday morning, with the focus on a draft amendment to the renewable energy law and the country's efforts in tackling climate change.

The 10th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, scheduled from Aug. 24 to 27, will also deliberate a State Council (Cabinet) work report on the work of tackling climate change on Monday.

Presided over by Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC, the session will consider a law regulating armed police for the second time, after a consideration in April.

They will also deliberate a draft resolution on the amendment of laws and consider for the third time a draft law relating to administration of government functions, which had its second reading in October 2007.

(Xinhua News Agency August 24, 2009)