Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, joins the deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Sichuan province at the second session of the 14th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. [Xinhua/Zhang Ling]

BEIJING -- Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, joined the deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Sichuan province at the second session of the 14th NPC in Beijing on March 5, 2024.

He asked the province to implement the decisions and arrangements made by the CPC Central Committee in light of its actual conditions, and promote Chinese modernization.

Sichuan should rely on scientific and technological innovation to create new drivers and advantages for development, in a bid to build itself into an innovation highland and a key driving force for high-quality development in the western region, according to Zhao.

The province should ensure and improve people's livelihood in the course of development, and continue to achieve ecological progress, Zhao noted.