China says it spends over one trillion yuan on poverty-stricken areas and relief projects annually.
As more and more people in China go under the knife, there are growing concerns about the safety of cosmetic surgery. This has prompted one NPC deputy to propose a ban on minors having unnecessary procedures.
Officials from Guizhou Province who are in Beijing for the ongoing Two Sessions have said that the living conditions of the province's rural residents have greatly improved in recent years.
Officials with China's top economic planning agency have said that the government will further intensify reforms of the country's economic system this year, and take measures to attract foreign investment and expand opening up.
Chinese authorities have set a GDP growth target for this year at between 6 to 6.5-percent. The goal has been laid out during the opening of the NPC session in Beijing.
Authorities in charge of the ongoing session of China's top legislature are suggesting the draft foreign investment law will serve as the basic law connected to foreign investment in China.