The latest bimonthly session of China's top legislature provided a perfect exhibition of the flexibility and firmness of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
The National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliamentary body, concluded its annual session Sunday morning.
China's national legislators adopted a revision to the Legislation Law Sunday, as the country is unfurling an ambitious legal reform.
Vegetable farmers, security guards, construction workers and foot masseurs are among more than 2,900 people reviewing the draft revision of China's Legislation Law at this year's parliamentary session.
About 3,000 national legislators on Sunday began the reading of a draft revision to China's Legislation Law, which aims to clarify legislative power and streamline the procedure.
The Hong Kong government on Tuesday held the first formal talks with student leaders speaking for sit-in protesters to find a peaceful way to end the Occupy Central movement which started on Sept. 28.
A draft decision on establishing universal suffrage in Hong Kong will be submitted before the country's top legislature before the end of its bi-monthly session on Sunday.
Chinese lawmakers Thursday hailed harsher punishment for offenders in the Food Safety Law's latest draft revision but the provisions to be more meticulous.
Liang Yaohui, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, was detained on Monday by local police for suspected crime of organizing prostitution, the Dongguan police announced via its official microblog.
The National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliamentary body, concluded its annual session Thursday morning.
China's national legislators Tuesday elected a presidium and set the agenda for the legislature's annual session, which is to open Wednesday.
Veteran lawmaker Mao Fengmei considers himself well prepared for the upcoming annual session of China's top legislature. This year, the 66-year-old's main concern is raising subsistence allowances for needy rural residents.
According to the agenda published on Monday for the Dec. 23-28 session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, a State Council motion includes abolition of reeducation through labor.
Chinese lawmakers will deliberate a motion to abolish the "laojiao" program, or reeducation through labor, at a bimonthly session next week.
China's lawmakers attending the ongoing national legislative session are expecting three busy days from Thursday to elect and appoint state leaders.
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