Other issues
- Philanthropy is developing fast in China and the nation aims to standardize it through a charity law, a spokeswoman for the annual session of the country's top legislature said Friday.
- Two members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from Hong Kong told China.org.cn that there is more work to do to help Hong Kong's young people recognize their Chinese blood.
Deputy strives to strengthen NPC's role of budgetary supervision
Zhao Dongling, a deputy to the National People's Congress, says she will submit a motion calling for the establishment of a special budget committee with China's top legislature.
- A spokesperson with China's national political advisory body on Wednesday denounced mob violence in Hong Kong's Mong Kok during the Lunar New Year holidays last month.
Protection efforts lead to reductions in air and water pollution
A mix of strong environmental protection efforts across the country over the past five years has helped China reduce air and water pollution below the country's targeted goals.
- The number of people aged 60 and older is expected to expand to one-third of China's population by the middle of the century.
- Municipal authorities in Beijing have come up with a new strategy to try to reduce PM2.5 density by 5 percent this year.
- Soccer's top governing body in China has vowed to expand the sport in schools and introduce more foreign coaching expertise as the country aims to boost the game’s profile at all levels.
- Nigel Jones, 51, a British who has been working in China for 15 years, hopes to become a permanent Chinese resident.
- China's procuratorial and poverty relief authorities plan to reduce duty crimes in poverty alleviation from 2016 to 2020, said the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on Tuesday.
- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will ban tourists from entering a 22,000 square kilometer glacier protection zone in the Tianshan Mountains.
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
