The top anti-graft watchdog will continue tracking down corrupt Chinese officials who have fled overseas.
China has established three new departments under the Ministry of Environmental Protection to target air, water and soil pollution to ensure control targets will be met in the coming years.
At 10 am, the governor of the People's Bank of China will give a press conference at the press center of the two sessions.
Speaking at the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top parliamentary body, Premier Li Keqiang said that the nation wants to eliminate poverty by 2020. With more than 70 million Chinese living below the poverty line—an annual income of 2,300 yuan (about $350)—it appears an extremely difficult target to reach.
Few of the over 55 million people living in China's underdeveloped rural areas have any idea of how the ongoing "two sessions" will soon change their lives for the better.
China must identify what aspects of its culture best appeal to foreigners if it is to build soft power abroad, a Chinese political advisor said on Friday.
In a move to implement a fresh environmental protection law, China's top legislature will hear the central government's report on the environment in April , an official of the legislative body said on Friday.