Top legislator Zhao Leji on Wednesday urged deputies to people's congresses to engage with the public on a broader range of issues and through more diverse channels.
China will work steadfastly in the second half of this year to achieve its annual economic and social development goals, according to a State Council report submitted to the country's top legislature on Tuesday.
By the end of 2023, the proportion of nursing beds in elderly care institutions across China had risen to 58.9 percent, a report said on Tuesday.
China will gradually raise the statutory retirement age, according to a draft decision submitted for review at a session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, which started on Tuesday.
China has continued to enhance its childcare service system, providing 4.77 million childcare slots nationwide by the end of 2023, according to a report presented at a session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Tuesday.
China has developed over 1 billion mu (about 66.7 million hectares) of high-standard farmland as of the end of 2023, with 13 key grain-producing provincial-level regions accounting for around 70 percent of the total, according to a report submitted to a legislative session on Tuesday.
Lawmakers are deliberating a draft amendment to the Supervision Law, the country's primary legislation for combating corruption.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature, began deliberating a draft law on public health emergency response as its latest session opened on Tuesday in Beijing.