Zhao Leji, the top legislator, has highlighted the importance of upholding, improving and running China's foundational political system, the system of people's congresses, to good effect.
China's National People's Congress (NPC) screened a video marking the 40th anniversary of the NPC's affiliation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the 6th Interregional Seminar on the Achievements of the SDGs for Parliaments of Developing Countries at the 149th IPU Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, on Oct 17.
Liao Zhilue, 31, a native of Huazhou in Maoming city, South China's Guangdong province, has an ambition to promote prosperity in his hometown through developing the agribusiness of Huajuhong, or pummelo peel, one of the most widely used Chinese herbs for respiratory diseases.
Peng Qinghua, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, addressed the opening ceremony of the seminar for parliamentarians from Central Asian and Pacific island countries in Beijing on Oct 22.
Speaker of Zambia's National Assembly Nelly Mutti will lead a delegation to visit China from Oct 25 to 31, at the invitation of Zhao Leji, chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee.
The National People's Congress, the's top legislature, adopts the current Constitution in 1982, providing a great legal guarantee for China's reform and opening-up as well as the building of a modern socialist country.
"Promoting the development of the health industry is an important measure to implement the Healthy China strategy," Zheng Jianbang, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, said at the opening ceremony.
China and Mongolia held a reception in Beijing on Friday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.