Beijing's top legislative body has pledged to continue to maintain close ties with residents to better understand their needs and demands and help them solve problems more effectively through legislation.
Deputies to the municipal people's congress in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, have endeavored to improve the livelihoods of local people with suggestions on upgrading operations of the city's 12345 public service hotline, which is an important channel to learn about and respond to people's concerns, according to the Standing Committee of the Yantai Municipal People's Congress.
More than 2.6 million new deputies have been elected to people's congresses in townships and county-level regions in China, following the conclusion of elections that began in the first half of 2021.
The local legislature in Shanghai on Thursday passed a regulation on boosting the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry.
The local legislature in East China's Shandong province has passed a regulation on the protection of the Great Wall of Qi, the country's oldest existing Great Wall.
The community-level approach to addressing people's needs has been assisted by the establishment of a station for local people's congress deputies to better communicate with local people to solve their problems.
Shanghai has become the first city in China to legislate against light pollution, and with the newly revised municipal environmental protection regulation taking effect on Monday, offenders will face fines up to 50,000 yuan ($7,400).
The country's first provincial-level regulation to strengthen the management of a city's skyline took effect in late July in the municipality of Tianjin, said its legislature.