This year's two sessions will play an important role in helping China communicate its views on globalization to an international audience, according to Kerry Brown, a professor of Chinese studies at King's College London and director of its Lau China Institute.
Though the celebrity status of some of the nation's political advisers puts the two sessions in the media spotlight, what will last longer and have more power to inspire are their thoughts and suggestions. That's my main takeaway, when reflecting on the influence of advisers, as I cover the annual session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for the fourth year.
Wang Wenbiao, CPPCC National Committee member and president of China Elion Resources Group
The country's economic agenda should prioritize quality and efficiency to achieve this year's growth target, and also ensure improving public services such as education and healthcare, Premier Li Keqiang told lawmakers on Monday.
China's regulators should be vigilant for financial risks and continue to push deleveraging to ensure healthy and steady economic growth, members of the country's top political advisory body said on Monday.
Local governments are providing jobs for impoverished rural residents by establishing a number of small businesses in villages. Ju Chuanjiang and Zhao Ruixue report from Juancheng county, Shandong province.
Sun Pishu, a deputy of the National People's Congress and chairman and CEO of Inspur Group, a provider of cloud computing and big data services
Similar to the poverty-alleviation workshops in Juancheng county, Mudan district in Heze, Shandong province, is developing greenhouses to provide jobs for local farmers.
The "workshop model" being promoted in Juancheng county, Shandong province, has not only enriched the material lives of local farmers, but also given them a sense of well-being.
Huang Youyi did not expect that people from the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, a constitutional consultative assembly in France, would ask him for the official French version of China's 13th Five-Year Plan when he was part of a Chinese delegation to Paris in May.
The top legislature is mulling over a national law on health promotion, a senior lawmaker and public health expert said.
The dominance of State-owned companies is a key reason behind the large number of complaints about Yunnan province's tourism industry, a top Yunnan official said.
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