Voices from the two sessions

China's Belt and Road Initiative has already made a good start and results are pouring in.

Minister: China can absorb laid-off labor

China will not have another layoff wave as it reduces overcapacity in such sectors as steel and coal mining, Xu Shaoshi, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, said on Sunday.

Market may get more input on rates

China is exploring the creation of a mechanism that would use a band to guide the country's interest rates, an approach aimed at giving the market a greater say in the financial system, a senior monetary official said on Sunday.

Former athlete calls for better military fitness

As reporters mobbed her high-profile counterpart Yao Ming for interviews on Sunday afternoon, Wang Lianying, who is also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's National Committee, sat in the same room drawing no media attention at all.

2 targets encourage green development

People studying China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), which is expected to be finalized next week by the National People's Congress, will notice it includes two target types, according to China's top planning official.

It's time for a national carbon trading program

As with any new year and new plan, there are many hopes for the future. We will all be looking for signs favoring our own favorite policy, program, or sector.

Students need more top choices at home

As the annual sessions of the top legislative body and political advisory body continue, China Daily collected questions on issues that netizens care most about and solicited answers from political advisers, legislators and senior government officials.

What they say

Young people might think there is a shortcut to success after watching the many talent shows on television and they could feel less motivated to study hard as a result.

Ministers' pathway offers keen insights

The path from the Great Hall of the People's north gate to the meeting place is only 100 meters long and can be traversed in under a minute, but this ministers' pathway is a channel filled with news.

Nation ratchets up anti-pollution effort

China will intensify its efforts to reduce pollution, Premier Ki Keqiang said in his annual Government Work Report on Saturday, citing as an example ambitious targets in fighting smog that will increase the number of days with good air quality.

Work report findings and 2016 goals

Moments at the annual meetings

Nearly 3,000 delegates fromall over China are attending the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, the most important political event of the year. China Daily photographers captured the mood.