China has stepped up efforts to improve the people's congress system through legislation over the past few years, so as to promote whole-process people's democracy that enables the Chinese people to be more broadly involved in national governance.
The process for handling suggestions from deputies is set to be standardized in a draft amendment to the Law on Deputies to the National People's Congress and to the Local People's Congresses at Various Levels.
Following years of thorough and systematic amendments, the newly revised Law on Protection of Cultural Relics is set to take effect on Saturday, signifying a new era of legal governance in the protection of China's cultural heritage.
As this year's NPC session approaches, Yao is diligently preparing his suggestions, which he said will focus on the continued development of the new energy industry and pressing issues such as workers' education and healthcare.
The top legislature on Monday started a regular session to review a raft of bills including law drafts and reports.
The National People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature, will hold a press conference on Tuesday, one day ahead of the opening of its annual session, according to an official statement on Sunday.
A press center for China's annual sessions of its top legislature and political advisory body, known as the "two sessions," opened Thursday at the Media Center Hotel in Beijing.
Gexi Wangmu, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), serves as the director of an elderly care center in Maerkang City. As a "post-90s" NPC deputy who started out as a frontline elderly care worker, Gexi has dedicated 16 years to her profession.