The 12th session of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee held its second plenary meeting in Beijing on Tuesday morning.
Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, attended the meeting and Xiao Jie, vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the meeting.
Lawmakers heard reports on the inspection of the implementation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Law and the Social Insurance Law. They also heard a report on financial work by Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China.
Lawmakers deliberated the State Council's comprehensive report on the management of state-owned assets in 2023 and heard the special report on the management of administrative and public-service state-owned assets in 2023 and the supervision and research report on the management of administrative and public-service state-owned assets.
They reviewed work reports on developing world-class universities and strong disciplines with Chinese features and on the country's efforts in desertification prevention and control.
Lawmakers also heard reports on the administrative trial work of the people's courts and on the administrative prosecution work of the people's procuratorates.
Twelveth session of 14th NPC Standing Committee holds 2nd plenary meeting
The 7th Hongqiao International Economic Forum, an important part of the China International Import Expo (CIIE), held multiple sub-forums at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) on Tuesday, exploring high-standard opening up for global common good.
Under the theme of "High-Standard Opening up for Universally Beneficial and Inclusive Economic Globalization," the forum features a main forum and 19 sub-forums under "1 plus 4" sections, which are the Press Release and International Symposium on World Openness Report 2024 and parallel sessions under Opening-up for Development, Opening-up for Cooperation, Opening-up for Innovation and Opening-up for Sharing.
Under the Opening-up for Development session, two sub-forums titled "Industrial Development and Sustainable Cities: Innovative and Inclusive Synergy Strategy" and "Sustainable Development of Global South and China-Africa Cooperation" were held on Tuesday.
Under the Opening-up for Cooperation session, two sub-forums titled "China and 30 Years of the WTO: History and Evolution" and "International Cooperation on Standards for High-Quality Development of the Manufacturing Industry" were held.
While, three sub-forums were held under the Opening-up for Innovation, titled "Artificial Intelligence Empowering New Industrialization", "New Energy Storage Driving Future Energy Transformation" and "Digital Finance Boosting Global Economic and Trade Development".
The Press Release and International Symposium on World Openness Report 2024 was also held on Tuesday. The report presents a panoramic view of the latest global opening up situation and the progress and setbacks of countries in opening up, aiming to build further consensus on opening up and promote common opening up worldwide.
Hongqiao Int'l Economic Forum explores high-standard opening up for global common good
