Chinese national legislators will vote to decide on the premier, as well as vice chairpersons and members of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China on Friday morning.

The elimination margins for the election of members of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, stood at eight percent, according to the election result on Thursday.

Nearly 3,000 lawmakers elected the new leadership of China's top legislature through secret ballots at a plenary meeting on Thursday.

The first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) holds the fourth plenary meeting at 9:00 am Thursday.

The National People's Congress adopted a cabinet reshuffle plan at a plenary meeting on Thursday in a bid to reduce bureaucracy and make the government more efficient.

Chinese leaders of the legislature, state and military are to be elected at a meeting of the annual session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) on Thursday morning.

The first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) held the fourth plenary meeting.
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China's new leaders aim to establish a "fair and unified" social security system by 2020, according to a senior lawmaker and scholar.

Zhang Dejiang was elected chairman of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee on Thursday morning at the ongoing annual session of Chinese top legislature.

Top political advisers and government officials are calling for more attention to be paid to environmental pollution in rural areas.