Grassroots legislators bond with residents

Members of several grassroots people's congresses shared their success stories in setting up special offices to connect with residents during a conference in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday.

The seminar, organized by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislative body, was designed to identify best practices and promote relations nationwide between residents and local deputies to the legislature.

The nation's top legislator, Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, said at the seminar on Monday that people's congresses at all levels should narrow the gap between legislators and residents, as well as keep in touch with those who voted for them.