Filmmaker sees sector develop a new story

Focusing the camera on people's issues and giving them a voice mark NPC deputy's creative approach to plotlines

For Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke, the role of a deputy to the National People's Congress has given him a wider horizon, and an even deeper understanding of people and society.

Jia, an essential figure in China's "sixth generation" of filmmakers and one of the country's most inventive and engaged directors, has also found similarities between filmmaking and working as a lawmaker.