At the end of this year's two sessions, many deputies and members will be standing down from their roles. Here, four outgoing deputies to the National People's Congress and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference reflect on their five-year terms as representatives, the proposals they have introduced and the differences they have made to people's lives.
Shanghai has calculated how many cases a judge can handle per year to find a solution to the ongoing problem with judges' workloads, the city's top judge said on the sidelines of the ongoing two sessions.
The misuse of halal labels in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, though not yet widespread, must be curbed, the region's top official said.
China will select more than 2,000 new members next year for its top advisory body, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Yuan Jinghua's brothers and sisters all got married before they were 20. Yuan, however, didn't get married until she was 25 as many young men were frightened away by her special "dowry": 45 deaf-mute children.
Reconstruction of buildings at a prominent Tibetan Buddhist academy in Sichuan province is meant to eliminate security and health risks, and to turn it into a formal academy, a local official said.
Despite a busy schedule at the two sessions, Dao Shuren has managed to stick to his daily Buddhist practices, meditating for half an hour in the morning and chanting scripture at night.
Student aid plays an important role in ensuring both educational and social equality; it also contributes to poverty alleviation and realizing the sharing development.
A senior official said on Sunday that China needs to step up its wildlife protection efforts in relation to regulations, law enforcement and public education.
Chinese scientists have discovered that smog can indirectly reduce water pollution.
China should speed up establishing unified standards for monitoring and curbing air pollution, so that different regions can coordinate their antipollution efforts, experts say.
Kong Rong, a resident of East China's Anhui province, hit the lowest point of her life 10 years ago, when her mother was killed in a traffic accident and she was left with significant debts from medical and funeral bills.