HONG KONG, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday resumed the second reading debate on the National Anthem Bill and will continue the debate on Thursday as the procedure is not finished. Martin Liao Cheung-kong, chairman of the LegCo committee responsible for the bill, said at the meeting that the national anthem is the national symbol and sign according to the Constitution and Hong Kong bears the constitutional responsibility for the legislation, which implies the importance of respecting the national anthem.
BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The following is the schedule for the third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) on Thursday. -- NPC deputies will hold group meetings in the morning to deliberate documents including the draft civil code and the draft decision of the NPC on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to safeguard national security.
The COVID-19 is a crisis, a major test, and a war, said Chinese President Xi Jinping, and also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee when joining a deliberation with deputies from Hubei Province at the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s top legislature. This year, the “two sessions”, China’s top legislature and political advisory body, were shortened due to the novel coronavirus epidemic, so the central leadership also reduced the number of meetings with regional delegations.
The concept of “new infrastructure” has been for the first time included in China’s government work report this year, which vowed to develop next-generation information networks and expand 5G applications, build more charging facilities and promote wider use of new-energy automobiles, and stimulate new consumer demand and promote industrial upgrading. New infrastructure, together with new urbanization initiatives and major projects, will be given priority in the Chinese government’s efforts to expand effective investment this year.
