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Latest news and updates about the National People's Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature. It holds one full session annually to vote on new laws and amendments, and review government’s work and policies. The NPC has about 3,000 members who are elected for five-year terms.
Visit by barristers from the city ends five-year freeze in relations and leads to welcome honest talks about the rule of law with central government officials.
Premier’s stress on the importance of private sector, further opening up to foreign investment and trade should boost confidence at home and abroad amid economic challenges.
Placing the office under the purview of the Central Committee also enhances a clearer chain of command and the implementation of “one country, two systems” at a time of growing tensions between East and West.
Annual meetings in Beijing will make landmark decisions on economic policy and strategy, as well as positioning of city amid geopolitical tensions.
- Xia Baolong, director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, hears views of business leaders and members of foreign commerce chambers
- ‘[Xia] said the promise that the ‘one country, two systems’ would remain unchanged for 50 years could be extended,’ says one industry leader
Xia Baolong spends first of six days in city with Chief Executive John Lee and Exco members; underlines mainland commitment to national security in city.
Delegation meets Shen Chunyao, chairman of legislative affairs committee of country’s top legislative body.
From real estate and infrastructure to e-commerce and self-sufficiency, China’s policymakers have a range of hot-button issues on their plate this year.
New commission will centralise leadership, determining national strategy and goals.
Beijing’s latest restructuring plan bolsters ‘party-state’ and continues trend of consolidating party oversight over crucial domains, observers say
The reform will give the party’s Central Committee more power over technology and finance, as well as Hong Kong and Macau affairs.
New executive vice-premier in Beijing, Ding Xuexiang, poised to take over oversight role for Hong Kong and Macau.
The criteria include being 68 or younger and having more than five years of experience in ministerial or provincial leadership roles, according to state media in rare disclosure about nomination and promotion rules.
Li pledges support for entrepreneurs and says the country will open further to foreign players.
President Xi Jinping’s pledge to seek ‘peaceful development’ of cross-strait relations seen as part of consistent messaging on Taiwan.
Li embarks on his first term in the job as China tries to emerge from the economic aftermath of three years of zero-Covid.
In delivering closing speech, Xi Jinping pledges support for Hong Kong, saying its long-term prosperity and stability ‘inseparable’ from creation of strong country.
National identity cards should be essential for registering an account to stop a major social threat, NPC deputy says.
Ahead of his departure, Chief Executive John Lee says he is leading eight bureau chiefs to meet mainland Chinese officials.
Calls come at a time of heightened tensions over Taiwan and the South China Sea.
Chengdu’s subsidies reflect a broader trend among local governments across China to pursue programmes that support Beijing’s semiconductor self-sufficiency drive.
Appointment of Peng Qinghua to the NPC Standing Committee marks the first time a former chief of the central government’s liaison office has become a state leader since the handover.
The 66-year-old is seen as a trusted ally of President Xi Jinping and has years of experience in key party organs.
Eight high-ranking officials overseeing areas such as finance, education and technology to join city leader John Lee on week-long trip to Beijing.
Post learns that retiring vice-chairman Tung Chee-hwa will not be replaced, leaving Leung Chun-ying as only city CPPCC member at that level.
A ‘two sessions’ delegate from Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group said all the chips in its crane were made in China in response to a question from the president.
