Meetings see new changes

This year's annual sessions of the NPC and the CPPCC see new changes, says an article in Beijing News. The following is an excerpt:

With the curtain going up on the annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), we can see at least four new changes.

The first is the optimized structure of deputies to the NPC. Deputies from provincial-level officials have dropped by one-third from last year; deputies who are workers have been doubled; farmer deputies have soared by 70 percent and three migrant worker deputies will make their debut at the NPC.