China will see severe climatic conditions in 2017, with southern regions experiencing more rainfall and northern parts facing greater chances of drought, and the possibility of more typhoons, according to preliminary forecasts from the national meteorological authority on Wednesday.
Six million substandard urban houses will be rebuilt this year, Chen Zhenggao, head of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said on Wednesday.
Editor's Note: During the ongoing two sessions, China Daily talked with some of the local legislators to see how their regions are connected with the Belt and Road Initiative
More than 30 percent of goods sold over the internet in China were found to be substandard last year, three times the proportion of products sold offline, Zhi Shuping, head of the country's top quality watchdog, said on Tuesday.
China's economy is unlikely to continue to grow at a sustainable pace without innovation playing a big part, according to a scholar at one of Britain's top technology and research institutes.
Zhang Xiaoqing, a rural migrant worker employed by Sunward Intelligent Equipment Group in Central China's Hunan province, has been an NPC deputy for four years. She takes the job of representing people's voice seriously.
The endangered Yangtze finless porpoise has about a decade until extinction unless it is elevated to the nation's top-class protected species list, national political advisers from Hubei province warned.
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will invest heavily in more high-speed railways and highways to build a high-quality transportation network that can truly support the Belt and Road Initiative.
At the end of this year's two sessions, many deputies and members will be standing down from their roles. Here, four outgoing deputies to the National People's Congress and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference reflect on their five-year terms as representatives, the proposals they have introduced and the differences they have made to people's lives.
During China's annual parliamentary and political advisory sessions, discussions are not just confined to domestic issues, but also focus on China's active involvement in global governance.
