China's top economic planner warned Wednesday that challenges remain in investment and trade, and meeting annual growth targets will require "arduous efforts."
China has 91 major water projects under construction, at a cost over 800 billion yuan (120 billion U.S.dollars), according to a report submitted to the bimonthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
The top legislature is organizing nationwide inspections to check the enforcement of a law giving academics and inventors incentives to commercially exploit their work, a year after the law was revised.
The top legislature said Thursday that China's food safety situation remained "severe," and called for better supervision and food safety standards.
Top legislator Zhang Dejiang has called for improvements and reforms to the country's food safety supervision system.
Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, made the remarks during a visit to north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region between May 7 and 9, to investigate how the law has been implemented.
Lawmakers are reviewing a draft law to improve the country's cultural services.
A report on China's environmental protection record in 2015 was tabled to the top legislature for review on Monday, the first review under the new Environmental Protection Law.