This photo taken on March 11, 2026 shows the Great Hall of the People, the venue for the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Wang Xi) BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- When China's first Five-Year Plan began in 1953, the nation's industrial base was negligible.
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- With a new development blueprint under review at the ongoing national legislative session, China is embracing a critical five-year period in an ambitious drive to basically modernize its vast population by 2035, on a scale unseen in human history. According to the draft outline of China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), the country aims to lay a solid foundation for achieving its 2035 goal of doubling its 2020 per capita gross domestic product (GDP) to over 20,000 U.
On the afternoon of March 5, President Xi Jinping attended a meeting with deputies from Jiangsu Province at the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. Yang Hengjun, an NPC deputy and village chief of Desheng in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, was one of the six representatives speaking at the meeting.
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- City super leagues are transforming football in China, turning regionally rooted local matches into nationwide phenomena. During the ongoing fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) and the fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the leagues emerged as a hot topic as national lawmakers and political advisers examined how city super leagues have grown from a small spark into a nationwide craze and their impact on public interest, the economy and regional development.
