Senior lawmakers and regional officials gathered in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Tuesday to outline priorities for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), with high-quality development and tech-driven growth emerging as central themes at the opening of the 20th China Economic Forum.
Legislators in Xiangyang, Hubei province, have broadened their approach to collecting public suggestions on livelihood issues by integrating an online channel.
Guangdong province has taken a pioneering step in ensuring gender equality in the digital field with the recent adoption of revised measures for women's rights protection.
Improving income, healthcare, elderly care and education are top priorities among the suggestions raised by Shanghai Municipal People's Congress delegates for the city's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), according to recently collected survey results.
Gansu province has enacted legislation mandating a female-to-male restroom ratio of no less than 2-to-1 in high-traffic areas, setting a pioneering standard for urban planning in China.
To facilitate the city's green and low-carbon transition and bamboo industry development, the standing committee of the Yibin people's congress issued a decision in October. It encourages Party and government agencies, State-owned enterprises and public institutes across the city to take the lead in purchasing and using bamboo products.
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will implement two new local regulations on July 1 aimed at boosting economic development and expanding regional openness. One of the regulations is China's first local legislation to specifically focus on port economic development.
Relic-rich Shanxi province becomes the first provincial-level region to establish locally specialized rule to better protect its cultural heritage through legislation, after the amended Cultural Relics Protection Law was put into effect in March.