As a business reporter, I used to consider mergers and acquisitions valued at hundreds of billions of dollars more important than wishy-washy political plans that take years to realize.
China should speed up the standardization of its high-speed railway technologies and take the lead in setting international standards, an industry insider suggests.
Rise in living standards has also resulted in fewer people who are willing to devote themselves to church service, says a Catholic leader.
China's real estate market will not collapse as happened in Japan two decades ago, because the situations of the two countries are very different.
The 12th NPC will hold the closing meeting of its fourth session, and Premier Li Keqiang will meet the press at the Great Hall of the People.
Guang'an in eastern Sichuan province has vowed to lift more than 280,000 people out of poverty by 2018, a senior official said.
The presidium of the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, decided to put nine documents for the vote at the session's closing meeting on Wednesday.