Lawmakers are discussing and collecting opinions on legislation related to overseas NGOs, in a move to provide the legal foundation for the organizations to develop in China, a spokeswoman for the annual session of China's top legislature said on Friday.
The increase in China's military budget will be much lower than earlier speculations, which put the figure at more than 20 percent, said the spokeswoman for the annual session of the top legislature on Friday.
It is the language of hegemony trying to hype a so-called militarization of the South China Sea and blame China for it, Fu Ying, spokeswoman for China's top legislature, said on Friday.
At 9 am Saturday, the NPC opens its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
President Xi Jinping pledged to grant wider market access to the country's private sector during a panel discussion with political advisers on Friday.
Govt will provide more support to growth industries, such as information technology, in policies and in financial incentives, says Premier Li Keqiang.
China still has ample room to expand its fiscal policy to tackle downward economic pressure and push supply-side structural reforms, Minister of Finance Lou Jiwei has said.