China's political advisers finished their annual gathering in Beijing on Monday, having submitted more than 5,375 proposals to the central government, 42 percent of which focused on economic development.
The United States' confrontational attitude toward China on human rights serves only its national interests, and it also harms global governance and the cause of international human rights, China's top human rights researchers said.
China has set a target of training 1.45 million social workers by 2020 to promote the country's social services, a social work administration official said on Monday, one day before World Social Work Day.
After a career spent building and repairing ships, Bao Hongyi (a pseudonym) never expected the shipping industry to sink so fast.
The Chinese government is strategically managing the reduction of the nation's overcapacity of coal, steel and oil in provinces, including Shanxi, Hebei and Shaanxi, and striving to deal with redundant employees in a sustainable way.
It's better to use our finances to support employees' lives than to use the money to carry on supporting companies that make huge losses.
The quality of motions introduced by deputies to China's top legislature has improved this year, with more than two-thirds of the total 462 motions made during the current session resulting from research that included visits to grassroots regions, the secretarial department of the National People's Congress said.
The annual session of the National People's Congress is the most high-profile event of China's top legislature, and it is also the culmination of 12 busy months for more than 2,900 NPC deputies.
China's booming film industry, which took in 44 billion yuan ($6.7 billion) at the box office last year and is set to surpass the US as world No 1 by 2017, needs better trained staff if its production values are to match those of Hollywood, according to a leading director.
Abbot Shenghui may be hundreds of kilometers from his monastery in Central China's Hunan province, but as a deputy to the National People's Congress, he retains his special role as teacher to the people.
With supply-side structural reform as one of the highlights of this year's political consultative and legislative sessions, Hong Kong is set to play a big role, according to an expert.
As the annual sessions of the top legislature and political advisory body unfolded, China Daily collected questions on issues that netizens care most about and solicited answers from political advisers, legislators and senior government officials.
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