China's emphasis on developing new quality productive forces and advanced manufacturing by giving full play to the leading role of innovation, will enhance the resilience and competitiveness of its industrial and supply chains, and inject new impetus into the country's long-term economic growth, said national legislators and industry experts on Tuesday.
Singing a ballad in the Hezhe language, which faces extinction as it has no written script, Liu Lei, a deputy to the National People's Congress, called for cultural conservation for her native Hezhe ethnic group, a minority group mainly inhabiting Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.
NPC deputy Baima Cuo said in a recent interview with China Daily that accelerating the research on ancient Tibetan books and documents is of great significance for continuing the Chinese cultural context and helping the national rejuvenation.
Heritage professionals stressed the role of technology in the protection of cultural heritage at this year's first deputies' passage interview on Tuesday, just before the second session of the 14th National People's Congress.
A motion submitted to the top legislature this time last year fast-tracked a law's rollout with an aim to promote digital access for those with visual and hearing disabilities amid a fast-growing older population.
Ma Huijuan, a grassroots writer and national lawmaker from Hongsipu district in China's Ningxia, always carries a notebook with her. Click to see how the notebook helps make voices heard at the national legislature.
Li, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, the top legislature, emphasized that boosting sci-tech innovation, research and development of fundamental technologies and materials, as well as the transformation and upgrade of industries are playing a vital role in the development of new productive forces.
Shen Yanfen, a white-collar-worker-turned "new farmer" in China's Guangdong, also serves as a national lawmaker. Over the years, Shen has been dedicated to boosting modern farming and rural revitalization in her hometown.