NPC promises more special inquiries

BEIJING - China's lawmakers will continue to conduct special inquiries into issues of great social importance, in order to improve supervision of the government, said the spokesman for the top legislature on Friday.

Li Zhaoxing, spokesman for the Fourth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), said at a news conference in Beijing that the NPC Standing Committee will conduct inquiries into the central budget, the construction of government-subsidized housing, education reform, the development of grassroots courts and procuratorates, and judicial promotion.

The Standing Committee conducted three special inquiries last year - examining the central budget, food safety and healthcare reform - and achieved remarkable results, he said.