The 20th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, was held on Wednesday. Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the session.
Zhao Leji, chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yamandu Orsi in Beijing, capital of China, Feb 3, 2026.
Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presided over the 59th meeting of the Council of Chairpersons of the 14th NPC Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Feb 2, 2026.
Xiao Jie, vice-chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, led a team to East China's Anhui province from Jan 20 to 23 to survey the drafting of the outline of the province's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), the implementation of the economic and social development plan and the local budget for 2025 as well as the preparation of the plan and budgets for 2026.
China's top legislator Zhao Leji met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing on Thursday.
The Supreme People's Court announced on Thursday that it addressed 469 suggestions from deputies at the third session of the 14th National People's Congress in 2025, nearly a 30 percent increase from the 361 proposals received in 2024.
China is inviting journalists from home and abroad to cover the annual sessions of its national legislature and national political advisory body, as the media center for the two sessions is scheduled to open in Beijing on Feb 27, according to an official statement on Tuesday.
As the country's first specialized law on national parks, it marks a new stage of law-based and standardized development of a nature reserve system with national parks at its core.