Liu Xiang, CPPCC National Committee member and former Olympic and world champion hurdler
The second-child policy, adopted at the beginning of last year, has produced satisfactory results and won support from society, but new problems such as discrimination against women in employment should be addressed, Fu Ying, spokeswoman for the fifth plenary session of the 12th National People's Congress, said on Saturday.
Eager to take advantage of the rapid regional links in Africa brought about by the Belt and Road Initiative, China Railway Rolling Stock Corp will ship 330 cargo trains to Kenya this year for use on the new Mombasa-Nairobi line.
Thirteen Shanghai deputies to the National People's Congress presented 22 motions at a meeting on Saturday on issues ranging from recycling electronic waste to the safety of personal information.
Unlike other national legislators who were busy preparing for the opening of the annual session of the top legislature, Chen Jingyu, a leading lung transplant surgeon, had additional duties to perform.
Editor's note: During the annual sessions, China Daily will collect the questions foreign netizens care most about and solicit answers from experts, CPPCC National Committee members and NPC deputies.
China will push forward its anti-corruption legislation and regulate its supervisory system by drafting a national supervision law this year, a spokeswoman for the annual session of China's top legislature said on Saturday.
Schools and education authorities must do more to foster an interest in calligraphy to prevent young people losing the ability to write Chinese, according to a political adviser.
The more-than 40 million overseas Chinese living in the Belt and Road areas can also contribute to the economic development of our nation. Some of them have strong economic power, some know the cross-border business environment extremely well and some have rich connections and intellectual resources. If we can establish good ties with them, they can make a bigger contribution to the Belt and Road Initiative.
The challenges of managing a slowing economy, reducing debt and widening the door to foreign investors are key to China's contribution to global growth, an expert with a top UK think tank has said.
More top officials will appear on the ministers' "pathway" to respond to social concerns during the two sessions of China's top legislature and political advisory body this year, the meetings' media center said in a statement released on Thursday.
China should introduce favorable policies to turn the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area into the cradle of China's "Silicon Valley", national legislator Ma Huateng said on Friday.
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