Other issues
- The government will adopt policies this year to promote the employment of college graduates.
- Sporting authorities are planning further development of the world's most popular game to drive economic growth and prepare the way for eventually hosting the FIFA World Cup.
- Yunnan province will enhance regional connectivity and develop trade routes along its 4,060-kilometer-long international border over the next five years, according to its top leader.
- A greater reserve of talent with experience and knowledge of the countries touched by the Belt and Road Initiative is needed among Chinese companies, according to Wan Jifei, a political adviser and former chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
- Few of the over 55 million people living in China's underdeveloped rural areas have any idea of how the ongoing "two sessions" will soon change their lives for the better.
- China is simultaneously dealing with slowing economic growth, difficult structural adjustments, and absorbing the effects of previous economic stimulus policies.
- Health of the environment must be considered when making decisions about economic growth.
- At this year's two sessions, discussion of Genetically Modified Food has been a heated topic among the country's political advisers.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping called for greater efforts in eco-system protection and poverty relief in the country's ethnic regions Thursday.
- Bidding for construction of China's second polar research ship will start by the end of April and the new vessel will boast stronger icebreaking capabilities, said a senior official with one of the country's largest shipbuilders.
- NPC deputy Li Yifei, a high school headmaster in north China’s Inner Mongolia region, has submitted proposals on protection for minors at three consecutive congresses and has seen some progress.
- While China's economy has experienced eye-catching growth during the last few decades, one of the most notable achievements has been the alleviation of poverty in the country.
- A hospital in Zhejiang province is looking for 100 volunteers to donate menstrual blood to a research team studying stem cells, its lead researcher said.
- China's household registration system - or Hukou - determines where a citizen can access public services such as medical care, education, and pension.
- Yunnan Province, a kingdom of biodiversity as well as a region with multi-ethnic settlements, is facing serious tasks of poverty alleviation and industrial upgrading. How can Yunnan navigate these challenges?
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government
- Highlights of work reports from SPC and SPP
- Xi orders breakthrough in military theory
