Tag: #National People’s Congress

Xi calls China-Vietnam ties ‘comrades-plus-brothers’ when meeting visiting Vietnam top legislator

GT staff reporters April 07, 2024

Xi calls China-Vietnam ties ‘comrades-plus-brothers’ when meeting visiting Vietnam top legislator

The visit by the Vietnamese top legislator and his high-ranking delegation is vital for scaling up the cooperation between the two countries, two legislatures, two parties and two peoples, as well as regional cooperation between China and ASEAN, Chinese experts believe, who also have high expectations of the...More

Revised Organic Law of the State Council passed

Cui Fandi March 16, 2024

Revised Organic Law of the State Council passed

Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order on Monday to promulgate a revised Organic Law of the State Council, which took effect on the same day. The revisions to the law were passed by Chinese national lawmakers on Monday at the closing meeting of the second session...More

China raises defense budget by 7.2% for 2024, ‘conducive to peace, stability’

Liu Xuanzun March 06, 2024

China raises defense budget by 7.2% for 2024, ‘conducive to peace, stability’

China on Tuesday announced a defense budget draft for 2024 worth 1.66554 trillion yuan ($231.36 billion), an increase of 7.2 percent from the previous year. The moderate figure reflects China's reasonable, restrained and steady steps in national defense development, which takes factors including military modernization, external security environments...More

China’s two sessions gather strength for high-quality growth as nation vows development of new productive forces

Ma Jingjing, Li Xuanmin and Xing Xiaojing March 05, 2024

China’s two sessions gather strength for high-quality growth as nation vows development of new productive forces

China's top political advisory body started its annual session on Monday in Beijing, ushering in an important political season that will highlight new missions to steadily boost high-quality development in a bid to build the country into a great modern socialist country while injecting new impetus into global...More

China forms basic industry chain for quantum computers, breakthroughs still needed

Zhang Weilan March 05, 2024

China forms basic industry chain for quantum computers, breakthroughs still needed

China has established a basic independent industry chain for superconducting quantum computers, and it's one of the very few countries that can independently produce quantum computers, which are believed to be critical for future development, a leading Chinese scientist told the Global Times. However, as the global race...More

China a ‘contributor, advocator, practitioner’ of global human rights

Cui Fandi and Wang Zixuan December 08, 2023

China a ‘contributor, advocator, practitioner’ of global human rights

During a seminar held by the China Society for Human Rights Studies on Monday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the society's president Padma Choling highlighted China's role as a contributor, advocator and practitioner of the declaration over the years. While some...More