Li Hongzhong, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice-chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, speaks during a meeting on the handling of suggestions made by national lawmakers during the second session of the 14th NPC, in Beijing, capital of China, April 1, 2024. [Xinhua/Liu Bin]

BEIJING -- A total of 9,235 suggestions made by national lawmakers have been distributed to 213 organizations to be processed, according to a meeting on the handling of these suggestions held in Beijing on Monday.

The suggestions were submitted by deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, during the second session of the 14th NPC held in March. Among all the suggestions, 20 were identified as priorities.

A large number of the suggestions focus on issues such as new quality productive forces, emerging and future industries, the business environment and the digital governance system, which are closely related to the current key tasks in the country's socio-economic development.

Li Hongzhong, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice-chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, urging the organizations to do their best to process each of the suggestions and pool wisdom and strength from all those involved for building China into a modern socialist country in all respects.

He called on the organizations to raise their political awareness, soundly summarize the experience in processing the suggestions, and take concrete action to convert the suggestions into policies, measures and results in the country's high-quality development.