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Ringing endorsement for new plan

After making dozens of people-oriented changes, national legislators gave a ringing endorsement on Wednesday to the country's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), the road map that sets the course for the world's second-largest economy in the coming half-decade.

Netizens quick to adopt govt app

The State Council app, a new online application that allows users to keep up to date with the decisions, policies and activities of the State Council, has earned a 4.5-star rating out of a maximum five at the Apple shop.

Premier Li proves he's a good listener

I was taken aback when I saw the long queue of hundreds of reporters in front of the Great Hall of the People at 7 am on a smoggy Wednesday morning - three hours before a news conference where Premier Li Keqiang would meet journalists and answer their questions.

Final session ends in agreement

The National People's Congress 2016 sessions closed on Wednesday, after deputies approved a number of important documents along with the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).

Charity law aims for culture of giving

Chinese lawmakers approved the country's first charity law on Wednesday at the closing meeting of the annual session of the National People's Congress.

For oil company, natural gas new 'engine of growth'

Huabei Oilfield Co has the world's deepest gas storage tanks underground and has begun to provide a steady gas supply to the clean-energy thirsty region of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province.

Liaoning looks forward to tourism boom

Tourism is being seen as an energetic industry capable of stimulating economic growth and transforming Liaoning province, which was recently dominated by heavy industries such as steel processing, said Jiang Xiuyun, an accountant with a company that specializes in real estate investments in the province's Fushun city. Jiang made the comments during the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress, which concluded on Wednesday.

More money aimed at improving visitors' experience

The 2016 Government Work Report, approved by the National People's Congress on Wednesday, promised to accelerate the construction of tourism infrastructure to welcome the coming of the tourism age.

Expanding culture is essential to end poverty, lawmaker says

Some national legislators at the annual legislative session in Beijing said that cultural development should be part of China's anti-poverty drive and urged the government to allocate more cultural resources to the rural poor.

World needs China to take leadership role

The world's system of "global governance" badly needs China to deliver - and it needs it to deliver this year.

Effectiveness of poverty relief must be monitored

Major General Chen Zhishu shared two alarming lessons when he highlighted the need to check the effectiveness of efforts in eradicating poverty.