Impoverished counties, villages and families will still benefit from the country's poverty alleviation policies for a certain period after they have been lifted out poverty, said Liu Yongfu, head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.
Among the three conferences held on Tuesday, the Ministry of Finance caught the most attention of overseas media as local government debt is one of the most closely watched financial problems in China.
Feng Jicai, a famed author, and an NPC delegate, talked to The Beijing News, and shared his views on cultural issues.
CPPCC members attend press conference on consolidating cultural confidence
China will continue to encourage GM food research and take prudent steps in marketing procedures, a leading agriculture official said on Tuesday.
Targeted campaigns will be launched to curb pollution and animal waste on livestock and poultry farms as well as the excessive use of fertilizers in the horticultural sector in an attempt to bolster the environment in rural areas.
Ma Min, CPPCC National Committee member, Party chief of Central China Normal University
"Universities need to form leading teachers' groups with strong academic backgrounds."
Zhou Hongyu, NPC deputy, president of Changjiang Educational Research Institute
"Parents are responsible for teaching their children respect, empathy and right and wrong, which means raising awareness of parents should be taken seriously."
China's value-added-tax reform, which began in 2012 and has seen business tax replaced with VAT, resulted in companies making total tax savings of 570 billion yuan last year, Finance Minister Xiao Jie said on Tuesday.
Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie Tuesday shrugged off concerns over China's military transparency, saying there was no opacity in the country's defense budget.
