Conflicts have arisen between military security and the needs of local communities, said Qi Jianguo, deputy chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), when elaborating on the bill to lawmakers.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) began reading a motion on abolition of the reeducation through labor system (laojiao) on Monday.
A draft amendment to the Administrative Procedure Law, submitted to the top legislature for a first reading on Monday, should make it easier for citizens to take the government to court.
Lawmakers will deliberate a motion on abolishing "laojiao," or reeducation through labor, at a bi-monthly session next week.