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- Chinese legislature is speeding up efforts to make harsher laws to fight corruption, a senior law official said Monday.
- The draft law on anti-terrorism will be put for a third reading and a vote "in due time" according to the top legislature's plan for 2015, said an official with the National People's Congress (NPC) here Monday.
- Danish Ambassador to China Friis Arne Petersen said Monday that this year's report on the work of the government delivered by Premier Li Keqiang at the ongoing two sessions of the NPC and CPPCC shows China's ambition and confidence.
- China is faced with a more complex and arduous task of ensuring employment in 2015 against the backdrop of an economic slowdown, China's human resources minister said Tuesday.
- The overall situation in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region remains stable and controllable despite terror attacks, a senior official said Tuesday.
- Amendments to China's Legislation Law are expected to limit arbitrary administrative orders of local governments, according to law experts.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for new engines to revitalize northeast China's old industrial base amid the "new normal" of economic development.
- The treatment of air pollution by officials should be part of their performance evaluation, and third parties should be enabled to play bigger roles in pollution control, a deputy to the National People's Congress has said.
- As a gesture symbolizing the central government's commitment to rebuilding the northeast, President Xi and Premier Li attend panel discussions of deputies from the region.
- China will soon conduct the first flight of the Long March 6 launch vehicle using the country's new-generation rocket engine, according to a senior scientist.
- The Legislation Law, as about 3,000 national legislators are mulling its revision, is not only for the legislature's concern. Good legislation is a pillar for good governance in any country. For today's China, it is particularly pivotal.
China's soil pollution in dangerous state
A number of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference members voiced their grave concern about soil pollution throughout the country in Beijing on Sunday.
• Minister warns of overlooking rural pollution
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government (2015)
- Highlights of work report of Supreme People's Court
- Big data on China's rule of law
- China to speed up drafting anti-corruption law
