Highlights of the Sessions
- Following is the full text of the Report on the Work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which was delivered by Chairman Zhang Dejiang of the NPC Standing Committee on March 9, 2016 for review at the Fourth Session of the 12th NPC and adopted on March 16, 2016:
Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
Following is the full text of the Report on the Implementation of the 2015 Plan for National Economic and Social Development and on the 2016 Draft Plan for National Economic and Social Development, which was submitted on March 5, 2016 for review at the Fourth Session of the 12th National People's Congress and was adopted on March 16.
- Following is the full text of the report on the execution of the central and local budgets for 2015 and on the central and local draft budgets for 2016, which was submitted for review on March 5 at the Fourth Session of the 12th National People's Congress and was adopted on March 16:
- Following is the full text of the Report on the Work of the Government delivered by Premier Li Keqiang at the Fourth Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress on March 5, 2016 and adopted on March 16, 2016.
- President Xi Jinping on Sunday ordered that China have a "military theory that is up-to-date, pioneering and unique" to support its strong and dynamic armed forces.
- A more efficient and fairer justice system has improved human rights protection in China with many wrongful convictions corrected, court proceeding streamlined and better protection of lawyers' rights.
- China's judicial authorities said Sunday the country had maintained "high pressure" on corruption to press on with an anti-graft drive lasting more than three years.
China's int'l manhunt for fleeing corrupt officials nabs 124
Chinese authorities managed to return to the country 124 corruption suspects previously on the run in a 17-month international manhunt that started in October 2014, a report said Sunday.
- The Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, has started to return to its normal and reasonable level after volatility, central bank governor said Saturday.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have joined panel discussions with law makers from China's ethnic minority regions as part of the annual parliamentary sessions.
- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Guangdong Province to continue in its pioneering role in reform and opening up, as the slowing economy is restructured, when he joined national lawmakers during the annual session of the National People's Congress Wednesday.
- BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) - China's national legislature has made progress in the provision of more oversight, the legislature leader Zhang Dejiang said Wednesday.
China's first charity bill submitted to national legislature
The draft of charity law, the first bill to regulate charity activities, was submitted to China's national legislature on Wednesday.
• Charity bill bans charity groups from harming state security
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government
- Highlights of work reports from SPC and SPP
- Xi orders breakthrough in military theory
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NPC deputy: Wind turbine manufacturing not hurt by overcapacity
- Zhang Chuanwei, an NPC deputy and an industrial figure, dismissed the allegation that overcapacity is bogging down China's wind turbine manufacturing sector.