China is accelerating efforts on the legislation of a closely-watched property tax law, a spokesperson for the annual session of the country's top legislature said Sunday.
The Belt and Road Initiative has yielded fruitful results during the past five years, a spokesperson for the annual session of the top legislature said Sunday.
China's system of people's congresses is in the spotlight again as the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, will open Sunday.
Considered as China's important political events, the annual sessions of top legislature and national advisory body, known as the "Two Sessions", are closely watched by domestic and foreign media.
By 2020, the number of invention patents for every 10,000 Chinese people will double to reach 12, while contribution of science and technology to economic growth will increase to 60 percent from 55 percent.
And to transform the traditional engine of growth, China will focus on increasing the supply of public goods and services.
Premier Li Keqiang delivers the government work report during the opening meeting of the third session of China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2015.
China is also working to build the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Zone and will continue negotiations on investment agreements with the United States and the European Union, he said.