NPC

China village Shangpu defies officials to demand democracy

3 Mar 2013

Villagers in southern China were locked in a standoff with authorities on Sunday and were demanding democratic polls after a violent clash with thugs linked to a local official over a land...

Top political advisory body opens first session in Beijing

3 Mar 2013

China's top political advisory body opened its first session in Beijing on Sunday, after Communist Party leader Xi Jinping took another swipe at corruption, mentioning the concept of "two 100...

New leaders finalise candidates for top posts, approve restructuring plan

1 Mar 2013

The list, created at a three-day, closed-door meeting of the party's Central Committee that ended yesterday, is set to be rubber-stamped by lawmakers at next week's annual session of the National...

China's new leadership unlikely to roll out new property curbs, analysts say

1 Mar 2013

The property market has been among the key topics at the annual meetings since 2010, after mainland property prices started to rise rapidly in 2009, surging by more than 20 per cent that year.

Young NPC member does internet search to find out her duties

28 Feb 2013

One of the youngest members of the National People's Congress said she had to do research online to find out what her duties would be at the annual meeting in Beijing next week.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Chinese parents of gays and lesbians demand equal marriage rights

More than 100 parents of gays and lesbians in China recently wrote an open letter to delegates of China’s National People’s Congress, which is scheduled to convene in March, demanding marriage...

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Talking points

Lawmakers debate sales of hotel rooms

Environment law to take back seat at NPC meeting

When the National People's Congress (NPC) opens its annual meeting in Beijing next month, bold lawmaking is likely to take a back seat to the new leadership's caution as they focus on political...

NPC/CPPCC 2013

Analysts question whether mergers of massive agencies are key to reform

A new round of restructuring of cabinet agencies has been put on the agenda for next month's annual session of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature. The Communist Party's...

ENVIRONMENT

Capital ordered to clear the air for NPC and CPPCC meetings

The level of pollution in Beijing is deemed so bad that the central government has been pressuring the municipal government to ensure the smog will not return during the meetings of the National...

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Hunan tycoon discloses attempt to buy seat on provincial congress

A billionaire real estate tycoon from Hunan province has come forward to reveal that he paid 320,000 yuan (HK$394,000) in bribes to more than 300 provincial people's congress deputies in a failed...