2017年CRI Elderly care highlighted at the NPC session

Deputy Jia Weiping from east China's Shanghai [Photo: China Plus] China is ageing. The number of elderly people will reach 255 million, or 17.8 percent of the country's total population by 2020. How best to provide better care for seniors has been on

英闻天下——405 NPC Deputies Improving China's Legal System

Lawmakers at this year's session of the National People's Congress have submitted about 400 motions. CRI's Zhang Ru takes a closer look on how their motions and suggestions will contribute to China's legal system. NPC deputy Pang Lijuan is an expert

2018年CRI China has more say in 5G standardization: NPC deputy

The next-generation of wireless communications has been developing rapidly in China. Deputies of this year's National People's Congress have said China will make a huge contribution to the creation of the 5G international standard. China has kicked o

Shanghai unveils official microblog to serve the public

SHANGHAI, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai municipal government Monday launched the microblog Shanghai City on China's popular Twitter-like microblogging service Weibo.com. The microblog, officially verified as originating from the Information Office

NPC told of increasingly safe drinking water

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of people in China's rural areas who lack access to safe drinking water has reduced by 221 million from 2004 to 2010, the vice minister of the country's National Development and Reform Commission said on Wednes

China shuts down 97,000 blog, microblog accounts in anti-porn campaign

China shuts down 97,000 blog, microblog accounts in anti-porn campaign BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have shut down about 97,000 blog and microblog accounts over the past seven months which are allegedly involved in dissemination

英语新闻视频 Overseas reporters for NPC & CPPCC increase by 20%

China's top legislature, NPC, and top political advisory body, CPPCC, will open their first sessions next week. And the number of registered overseas reporters for the two sessions has increased by about 20 percent over last year. Foreign journalist

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC的蓝图，引起全世界的关注

Let's take a look at what the global media are saying about the Two Sessions. The Chinese leadership has defined 2015 as the key year of comprehensively deepening reforms. Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po says how the Chinese government will push forward refor

中英双语新闻——129 Micro films fragment time

We are living in a micro era. After the massive popularity of micro blogs and micro novels, online micro films are growing bigger now. 我们生活在一个微时代。继微博和微小说广受欢迎之后，网络微电影风潮也在日趋壮大。

2015年CRI NPC Considers Law Aimed at Charity Transparency

Top legislators in China are mulling over the country's first ever charity law, in an effort to increase transparency. A draft being discussed by the National People's Congress would require charities to publicize clear information on their operation

China to give further support to small, micro-sized firms

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or the Cabinet, on Wednesday called for more efforts to support the sound development of small and micro-sized enterprises. Small and micro-sized firms serve as a significant channel for creating job

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC Standing Committee to deliver work report

Now we are now joined in our studio by our current affairs commentator Victor Gao, to help us understand the work of the NPC Standing Committee. Q1. First of all, tell us about the work of the NPC Standing Committee, and how they perform their duties

Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors

The Internet is linking entrepreneurs in the developing world with investors in industrial nations through sites that broker small people-to-people loans. These so-called microloans go to family-owned businesses in Africa, Asia and other areas. A $2

英闻天下——186 CNPC to Boost Overseas Oil, Gas Production

China's top oil and gas producer said overseas operations will take a much larger share of its overall output as the company continues to expand abroad. The China National Petroleum Corp or CNPC produced around 110 million tonnes of oil equivalent th

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC deputies debate gov't plans, budget

NPC deputies continued to review this years government work report budget proposal on Tuesday. The deputies approved many of the proposals for development and aired views on how to carry on innovations. Legislators are continuing their studies of the

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC, CPPCC continue to convene

For some insights, we are joined in the studio by our current affairs commentator Victor Gao. Welcome to our program. Q1. The NPC enacted 5 laws and made revisions to 37 over the past year. But making the law is just the beginning. What is key to enh

2016年CRI Canadian Ambassador Cares about Coming NPC Session

In about two weeks, nearly 3,000 national legislators representing all regions, the armed forces, and other groups will discuss major state policies to be implemented this year, and a development roadmap for the next five years. Canadian ambassador t

2016年CRI Deliberation on Fundamental Law Highlights NPC Annual Session : Spokesperson

Fu Ying, the spokesperson for the annual session of the legislative body, says China is drafting a fundamental Civil Code and the general rules of the draft are expected to be submitted to the top legislature in June. A two-step approach will be take

2016年CRI Two-Child Policy Highlighted at the NPC Session

Song Qiuxia is a white-collar worker living in Guangdong province. She and her husband just had their little girl last year, and she is not enthusiastic about the new policy. I won't even consider having a second child! Raising a kid can be very expe

2016年CRI China's Hukou Reform Highlighted at the NPC Session

Song Ying is a white-collar worker living in Shanghai. She moved there two years ago from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. After some serious efforts, she acquired a local hukou. Life has since become much easier for her. First, it is far more convenie