Legislators' groundwork called crucial

Lawmakers at all levels should have strong confidence in China's political system and better perform their duties in legislation and supervision, the country's top legislator said on Thursday.

The Communist Party of China Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, has put forward a series of new ideas, measures and requirements that serve as the theoretical and action guides for adhering to and developing the people's congress system in the long term, said Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, during a panel discussion with lawmakers from Jiangsu province.

Legislation and supervision are the two major functions of people's congresses nationwide. In the work report Zhang delivered on Wednesday, he said the NPC has a heavy legislative task this year.