China will host two major international gatherings this year, and there are expectations new initiatives and measures will be unveiled to spur global growth and development amid the rise of protectionism.
A village in Southwest China's Sichuan province that used to be difficult to reach now has access to a mobile and broadband service thanks to poverty relief efforts.
Tibet will not sacrifice ecological conservation for development despite the region setting its economic growth target at 11 percent this year, one of the highest among all provincial regions in China, a senior local official said on Friday.
A cultural investment company in Southwest China's Yunnan province plans to invest 150 million yuan ($21.8 million) to build a cultural park near the Angkor Wat world heritage site in Cambodia.
While Lei Yan attends the annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, people in her home village in Southwest China's Guizhou province have been busy building a special type of square.
Education Minister Chen Baosheng has pledged that the nation's primary and middle schools will be allowed flexibility in setting the time they end their classes, in a bid to free parents from the burden of picking up their children during working hours.
China's structural shift toward an economy based on innovation and knowledge and driven by domestic consumption and services should be key to discussions at this year's two sessions, said Danae Kyriakopoulou, who heads research at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, an independent think tank for central banking, economic policy and public investment.
Editor's note: During the two sessions, China Daily has collected questions from foreign netizens on what they care most about and solicited answers from experts, CPPCC National Committee members and NPC deputies.
Li Shouzhen, CPPCC National Committee member and senior official of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions
As an economics reporter covering the two sessions, I have got used to the scenario of journalists bustling around and chasing ministers, economists and businesspeople for a brief interview. Such "chases" happen so often that I had developed the illusion that the top legislative and political advisory sessions were solely about economic issues.
Premier Li Keqiang called on Shaanxi province to make the most of opportunities to further open up, as China promotes the Belt and Road Initiative, in a panel discussion of National People's Congress deputies from the province in Beijing on Thursday.
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.
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