Other issues
- China's population will be about 1.42 billion by the end of 2020.
- China will ease the criteria for foreign technical talents applying for permanent residence in the country.
- China will build a more comprehensive national security system, according to a draft outline for a development plan released Saturday.
- China will put a cap on annual energy consumption between 2016 and 2020 to promote energy saving.
China to build democratic, transparent Internet governance system
China will build a multilateral, democratic and transparent Internet governance system, according to a draft outline of the country's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) released Saturday.
- China will build a second railway connecting Tibet with other parts of the country, according to a draft outline of a five-year plan released Saturday.
- China aims to create at least 10 million new urban jobs and keep the registered urban unemployment rate within 4.5 percent this year, according to a government work report to the national legislature annual session.
- China is drafting a fundamental Civil Code, with the draft's general rules expected to be submitted to the top legislature in June, a spokesperson for the annual session of the legislature said Friday.
- A new bill to promote China's movie industry will provide clearer lines for filmmakers, a spokeswoman for the annual session of the national legislature said Friday.
- China's population policy change is timely and proper as the nationwide two-child policy took effect on Jan. 1, a spokesperson for the national legislature said on Friday.
- China will continue to push forward the implementation of law-based taxation, a spokesperson for the nation's top legislature said Friday.
- A new bill to regulate overseas non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China, yet to be finalized, aims not at restricting them but providing a better legal environment, a spokeswoman for the annual session of the country's top legislature said Friday.
- China's top legislative body's supervision over law enforcement and government work is not a formality, a spokesperson said Friday.
- Altogether 43 national lawmakers have resigned and 27 others were dismissed in China since 2013, largely due to graft, a spokesperson with the top legislature said Friday.
- China guarantees the rights of lawyers to fulfill their missions in line with law, regarding them an important force in promoting the rule of law, a spokeswoman for the annual session of China's top legislature said Friday.
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government
- Highlights of work reports from SPC and SPP
- Xi orders breakthrough in military theory
