Deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) gathered in Beijing on Tuesday at a preparatory meeting to elect the presidium and set the agenda for the third session of the 14th NPC, scheduled to begin on Wednesday.
Zhao Leji, China's top legislator, held talks with Dashzegve Amarbayasgalan, chairman of Mongolia's State Great Hural, which is the Mongolian parliament, in Beijing on Tuesday.
From farmlands and factories to snow peaks and plains, deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) bring grassroots voices into the flow of democracy. Connecting public sentiment with development strategies, they are the vibrant practitioners of whole-process people's democracy.
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.