Hainan made steady progress in 2013 despite a stagnant global economy.
When Zhang Jing arrived in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, on Feb 24, he recalls being greeted by a breeze of warm, fresh air.
NPC deputies gave credit to moves by China's top court and procuratorate to prevent wrongful judgments last year, encouraging them to continue improving judicial credibility.
China's top court will deal severely this year with judicial employees who break the law or violate discipline, as authorities move to prevent corruption and keep the system clean, the top court's president said on Monday.
As China is deeply involved in pioneering its overall reform endeavor, members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top advisory body, called for better mechanisms to improve the CPPCC's role in policy consultation and supervision.
The number of officials probed for work-related crimes soared by 41.3 percent at the city level and 60 percent at provincial level last year, according to the top procuratorate.
A senior engineer from China's largest ship and ocean engineering research institute wants to see a major transport hub built in the South China Sea, which he said lacks sufficient infrastructure and is hindering economic development in the region.
The mayor of Sansha, Hainan province, proposes to establish a marine emergency and rescue base to deal with offshore emergencies involving fisherman and others.
After telling how his friend's elderly father had been lost for several months, Huang Daifang, an NPC deputy from Jiangxi province, suggested that governments should buy GPS products for families with older members.
A CPPCC member suggested further tapping the religious resources of temples and monasteries to help cope with the mushrooming number of senior citizens.
Dai Qiming's memories of his first day as a civil servant are as fresh as those of the day he left the service.
"The root of the 'four undesirable work styles' (formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance) mainly lies in the fact that power isn't controlled and supervised properly. They all result in an uncontrollable abuse of power of some officials and leaders. To combat that, the central government has launched a series of regulations that have met with a good response. They include regulations about practicing strict economy and combating waste, regulations on business receptions and the anti-corruption program for the next five years. The experience proves that system building is the guarantee of success in fighting the 'four styles'. "
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