To live is to learn

"No NPC deputy is omniscient. Instead, we have to keep learning, given the rapid social development of the present times."

These are the words of advise from Mao Fengmei, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) from a village in Northeast China's Liaoning Province.

Most NPC deputies at the ongoing annual session share Mao's views. The fast changing economic and social environment is a challenge to their decision-making and supervision capacity, they say. In fact, the NPC (the country's top legislature) has set up special liaison offices in 31 provinces and regions since last year to organize regular research and training programs for the deputies.