China will implement an action plan for urban renewal, according to a draft outline for the country's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035. Deputies and members attending the "two sessions," the annual meetings of China's top legislative body National People's Congress (NPC) and top political advisory body Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said the action plan is of significant importance for satisfying people’s ever-growing needs for a better life.
-- Chinese lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to adopt a decision on improving Hong Kong's electoral system. -- The Election Committee of the HKSAR will be reformed in its size, composition and formation method, and will be given more power.
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China's latest medium and long-term economic and social development plan, approved at the country's top legislature on Thursday, unfurls a roadmap of China's development for the next five years and beyond. China initiated its first five-year plan in 1953.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets the press after the closing of the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2021. Li took questions from Chinese and foreign reporters via video link.
