China's national legislature holds closing meeting of annual session

The second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) held its closing meeting Friday morning.

Deputies attend a final vote for a draft foreign investment law during the closing meeting of the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 15 March 2019. [Photo: IC]

Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders attended the closing meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Legislators adopted China's first unified foreign investment law, demonstrating the country's resolve to pursue a new stage of high-level opening up.

They also approved resolutions on the government work report, and the work reports of the NPC Standing Committee, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

In addition, the legislators passed resolutions on the reports of the national economic and social development plans as well as the central and local budgets, and approved the resignation of NPC Standing Committee member Zhang Rongshun.