All 7,139 suggestions by China's top legislature at 2018 session handled
BEIJING -- All 7,139 suggestions submitted by deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) during this year's session in March have been handled, according to the NPC Standing Committee.
Replies to all suggestions have been sent to deputies, and 75.8 percent of the suggestions have been solved or will be solved, said Xin Chunying, deputy secretary-general of the NPC Standing Committee Tuesday during the week-long December session of the NPC Standing Committee, which will end on Dec. 29.
The suggestions focus on forestalling and defusing major risks, carrying out targeted poverty alleviation, preventing and controlling pollution, pursuing the rural vitalization strategy, promoting high-quality development of the economy and ensuring and improving people's wellbeing, Xin said.
A total of 4,402 suggestions were formed when deputies conducted inspections, research, seminars and interviews in local communities, making up 61.7 percent of the total suggestions submitted, according to Xin.
These suggestions were put forward by 2,546 deputies.
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