Other issues
- China will give more seats in its national legislature to workers, farmers, professionals and women, said a draft decision submitted to lawmakers for review on Wednesday.
- China's first national park will develop rapidly this year, with stronger legal and financial support from Qinghai province, the top provincial official said on Wednesday.
-
HK, Macao NPC candidates to bear allegiance to China, banned from receiving foreign funds
Candidates standing for election of National People's Congress (NPC) deputies from the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SARs) should bear allegiance to China and declare not receiving foreign funds in relation to the election, say drafts on election methods to be submitted to China's national legislature.
- Premier Li Keqiang called for maintaining the stability and development of the Tibet autonomous region when he joined a panel discussion with National People's Congress deputies from the plateau region on Tuesday.
- A report released on Wednesday warned against electoral fraud, and called for a democratic and law-based election under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
- Chinese legislators will revise the law on administrative supervision to turn it into a national supervision law this year, according to a work report of the national legislature on Wednesday.
- NPC Deputy Mai Kangsen, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has suggested extending the annual fishing ban among other measures to protect ocean resources.
- The ashtrays and matches in the guest rooms at Jingxi Hotel, one of the designated hotels for deputies to the National People's Congress, have been removed this year.
- Inspection and audit efforts to prevent the improper use of poverty relief funds have paid off, said the top poverty relief official.
- Families with a second child should enjoy subsidies, tax free or rebated individual income tax, Sun Xiaomei, NPC deputy, proposed during the ongoing two sessions.
- China hasn't approved any planting of GMO (genetically modified organism) grains, said a top agricultural official Tuesday.
- The dominance of State-owned companies is a key reason behind the large number of complaints about Yunnan province's tourism industry, a top Yunnan official said.
-
China guarantees education of rural students moving to cities
China has earmarked special funds for subsidizing the education of children who follow their parents to move from rural areas to cities.
- A Peking opera master said on Friday in Beijing she hoped for increased enlightenment education for young students by getting them to the theater to watch live opera performances.
