At the invitation of Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, China's top legislator Zhao Leji paid an official goodwill visit to Russia from Wednesday to Saturday.
Since assuming my role, I've been pondering how a grassroots deputy like me can turn whole-process people's democracy into tangible practices in rural areas. Drawing on my four years of experience as a deputy, I would like to share the following three takeaways.
Austria's parliament president has recently praised the close legislative exchanges and healthy and stable development of relations between China and Austria at a reception celebrating the 55th anniversary of bilateral ties.
Li Hongzhong, vice-chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with the European Parliament's delegation for relations with China led by chair Engin Eroglu in Beijing, capital of China, on May 27, 2026.
Li Hongzhong, vice-chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, led an NPC delegation to Albania from Wednesday to Friday to boost bilateral cooperation and enhance exchanges between the legislative bodies of the two countries.
Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice-chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with Slovak President Peter Pellegrini in Bratislava, Slovakia, on May 19, 2026.
Zhao Leji, chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, will pay official goodwill visits to Kazakhstan and Russia, and attend the 11th meeting of the China-Russia committee for parliamentary cooperation in Russia from May 25 to 30.