Reforms across the Board
- The reform of China's state-owned enterprises is back on track after a decade, however legislators have voiced their concern about the measures.
- Chinese lawmakers are now reviewing plans to help prop-up the country's pension fund through a broader-based investment scheme.
- Salary reform for executives at state-owned companies has been underway for over a decade.
- The city of Wenzhou is at the last step of a two-decade persistent pursuit as a draft revision to the Legislation Law expands legislative power from 49 Chinese cities to at least 284 nationwide.
- The phrase "new normal" is becoming popular. People use it to describe many important changes in China.
- China is poised to take a giant stride in bolstering the rule of law as the country's top legislature considers what is expected to be the final reading of a draft amendment to the Law on Legislation.
- China's community healthcare system needs streamlining in order to relieve pressure on larger medical facilities across the country.
- Premier Li Keqiang said that the govt will deepen the reforms on education and the enrollment system so that each person would have the opportunity to change their own destiny through education.
- A top economic planner said the 7 percent growth target set by the government could raise concerns over whether the rate can be met or a more relaxed monetary policy will be recommended.
- The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) sets out major economic and social development tasks in 2015 in a work report released at a press conference on Thursday.
- The threshold of the personal income tax should be raised from 3,500 yuan ($557) to 5,000 yuan or above to offset the rising living cost, a national legislator said.
- China's first bill against domestic violence is likely to be put for the first reading in August.
- China's slowing economy will be at the forefront as parliament convenes for its annual meeting, which opens on Thursday.
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China to improve institutional mechanism for anti-corruption
A spokeswoman for China's national legislature said Wednesday China would further build institutional mechanism to crack down on corruption.
- Along with deepened reforms and anti-corruption actions such as the Fox Hunt 2014 campaign, China's economy has entered a "new normal."
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government (2015)
- Highlights of work report of Supreme People's Court
- Highlights of China's gov't work report for 2015
- Big data on China's rule of law
