In 2016, the government introduced the second-child policy, which allowed every couple to have two children. The move was aimed at reversing the decline in the nation's workforce.
Most full-time mothers of young children in China want to work so they can reach their full potential, and many are more efficient than their childless counterparts, according to a report released by Zhaopin, a recruitment platform, in May.
Women's rights are one of the key issues under discussion at the ongoing two sessions.
China plans to lift 10 million people in rural areas out of poverty this year, a senior official said on Thursday.
Luo Yinghe, a National People's Congress deputy and Party secretary of Xinmin neighborhood in Huishui county, Guizhou province, used to live in village with no access to clean water, roads or the internet.
Hunan province has established an effective and efficient set of measures for poverty alleviation, according to a top provincial official.
Shaanxi province reiterated its resolution to fight excessive bureaucracy and root out graft, just months after the country brought to justice a large number of officials involved in massive villa projects built to the detriment of the environment.
Like many other foreign experts and academics around the world, Bernard Dewit is among those applauding the draft foreign investment law that will be reviewed at the plenary session of the National People's Congress.
The annual two sessions always provide an opportunity for reflection, a moment to re-examine past assumptions and change course for the better. The trouble is that we humans often stick to old ways just because they are familiar, not necessarily because they are right.
Guitar is the hero in many genres of Western music - and also in a small, mountainous county in southwestern China.
Although it has only been three days since the opening of this year's annual session of the 13th National People's Congress, I have already lost count of the number of times I have heard the deputies talk about poverty alleviation.
Chinese filmmakers and TV producers said they were encouraged by President Xi Jinping's speech on Monday calling for more realistic themes during a discussion with political advisers from culture, art and social science circles.
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