Since being selected as a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in 2023, Ma Xiujuan has dedicated herself to addressing people's concerns at the grassroots level while fulfilling well her duty as a bus driver, trying to turn these concerns into the consideration of the nation's policy-making process.
Senior lawmakers met on Sunday to deliberate reports during an ongoing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
Xiao Jie, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, met with a delegation led by Cédric Perrin, president of Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee of French Senate, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec 19.
The draft of China's first basic law specifically focused on the development of the private sector will be submitted to lawmakers for its initial reading on Saturday.
More legislative items, especially those in key areas, emerging fields and foreign-related fields, have been unveiled this year as legislators made greater efforts to optimize the country's legal system, an official from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the top legislature, said on Thursday.
China is considering expanding public access to science and technology knowledge through a draft law revision.
In November, Guo Shun and his colleagues visited ports and terminals in Nansha district of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, to solicit suggestions on revising the Maritime Law.