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.
The top legislature on Tuesday started a regular session to review a raft of bills including a draft revision to the National Defense Education Law and a draft amendment to the Statistics Law.
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.
In advancing the construction of national parks, China aims to balance protection of the parks and their development, according to a draft law submitted for review.