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- Lawmakers have filed 462 motions to the secretariat of the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), an official said Sunday.
- Chinese courts last year declared 1,039 defendants innocent, a year-on-year increase of 34 percent, the country's top judge said on Sunday.
- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader Liu Yunshan said Sunday that the Party must be well disciplined if the country is to achieve the goals set out in the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020).
- Following are the schedules for the fourth sessions of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Monday.
- The presidium of the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) reviewed and approved several draft resolutions on Sunday.
Xi underlines innovation, reform in defense, military upgrade
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday highlighted theoretical and technological innovation as the key to upgrade the country's military and national defense.
'Xi political economics' takes shape
President Xi Jinping's insights on China's political and economic development, dubbed "Xi political economics," have reverberated through the Great Hall of the People throughout the yearly key political events.
? Innovation must strengthen combat capacity: Xi
- China will continue to expose and punish corrupt senior government and Party officials, judicial authorities said on Sunday, after figures showed a rise in prosecutions last year.
- The central government poured 22.3 billion yuan (about 3.44 billion U.S. dollars) into water conservancy infrastructure of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the past five years, according to local authorities.
- President Xi Jinping on Sunday ordered that China have a "military theory that is up-to-date, pioneering and unique" to support its strong and dynamic armed forces.
- President Xi Jinping on Sunday urged the military to turn cutting-edge military technology into real combat capacity.
- China's judicial system on Sunday pledged a firm offensive against threats of state security, including terrorism, secessionism and religious extremism.
- A total of 65 reform policies implemented in China's courts last year made the judicial system fairer for the people, said Chief Justice Zhou Qiang on Sunday.
- Political advisor Huang Youyi said, in an interview with China.org.cn, that China should improve its voice in the international community with four aspects.
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government
- Highlights of work reports from SPC and SPP
- Xi orders breakthrough in military theory
