Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.
China's national political advisers have been urged to focus on major and tough state tasks and uphold democratic oversight to offer valuable suggestions on State affairs.
For years, a long red carpet in a side corridor of the Great Hall of the People in the heart of Beijing has been the hall's most bustling place during the annual two sessions.
The quality rather than just the quantity of China's economic growth is expected to be high on the agenda as China's political leaders and officials gather in Beijing for the two sessions, according to experts.
In the past few years, lawyer Gao Mingqin had been reluctant to come to Beijing for business trips due to the lingering smog in the capital. But the situation has changed since 2017.
All of the deputies to the 13th National People's Congress - 2,980 - have arrived in Beijing for the top legislature's first plenary session, which starts on Monday.
The second volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China has proved popular at the media center for the two sessions.
Political advisers have identified some of the key areas for legislators drawing up China's first property tax, including who will set the rates.
China has never used its overseas Chinese affairs activities to undermine the interests of other countries, the top official in charge of overseas Chinese affairs said on Saturday.
More inmates will be rehabilitated outside of prison with the aim of helping them return to society, an official of China's top justice authority said on Saturday.
The work backgrounds and types of people eligible for astronaut recruitment will change. Before, pilots from the People's Liberation Army Air Force were usually selected. But in the future, flight engineers and scientists in related industries, universities and institutions will be eligible to join the space program.
China's top political advisory body has given full support to its members from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions to play active roles in their regional affairs while also engaging youth and boosting patriotism, the leading political adviser Yu Zhengsheng said on Saturday.
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