Beijing's annual gross domestic product exceeded 4 trillion yuan ($630 billion) for the first time in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 8.5 percent, Chen Jining, mayor of the capital, said on Jan 6 at the fifth session of the 15th Beijing Municipal People's Congress.
The average life expectancy in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region in 2021 rose to 72.19 years, an increase of 1.09 years over 2020.
Parents in Tianjin will be able to spend more time with their newborns through addition child care leave after a revision to the municipal population and family planning regulation was passed by the city's legislature on Monday.
In recent years, the standing committee of the Ankang municipal people's congress in Shaanxi province has taken people's benefits as a top priority and endeavored to deepen democracy in all walks of life through the good deeds of local deputies.
A new legislation will be in effect on Jan 1, 2022, to protect migratory birds, especially Siberian cranes, on China's largest freshwater lake of Poyang.
Young people in Zhejiang will get more time to care for their aging parents, according to a newly released regulation from the Zhejiang People's Congress on Thursday.
To help regulate the long-term leasing market, an outline for housing rentals that would limit rent increases was released by Beijing's legislature for public comment on Wednesday.
Suggestions from deputies to local people's congresses — local legislative bodies — should be publicized in an appropriate manner, according to a draft amendment.