Regional cooperation

Regional development projects, including the "One Belt, One Road" initiatives and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development project, have become important national projects. During the two sessions, such projects will attract heated discussion.

Anti-corruption

Nearly 70 officials at the vice ministerial and provincial levels have been sacked and put under investigation in the anti-corruption campaign that started in late 2012. In the "four all-round ways" concept, Xi emphasized "ruling the Party strictly in an all-round way."

In 2015, what other "big tigers" and "small flies" will be brought down and how the anti-graft campaign will advance toward building a sustainable system are questions to be answered during the two sessions.

Delivering justice

Reports by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate released during the two sessions are must-read documents for those wanting to learn about new measures taken to prevent wrongful convictions and build confidence in the fairness and justice of the legal system. The People's Daily article also mentioned other measures to deepen judicial reform, such as encouraging "people's jurors" to participate in more court procedures including court hearings and give the jurors chances to question litigants at court.

Legislation law

China revised its Legislation Law in a bi-monthly session of NPC Standing Committee in December 2014. The Legislation Law regulates how national law, government regulations and local laws come into shape and defines the powers of China's legislatures.

The law's draft, which has been revised twice, allows local governments to issue temporary regulations if they are urgently needed and clarifies local legislation while granting lawmaking powers to more cities.

It also further defines "local affairs" as city infrastructure development, city management and environmental protection as well as public service.

As part of a push to curb so-called "red head documents," which have been abused by local government to make policies arbitrarily, and ensure lawful governance, a new article in the bill bans local governments from issuing regulations that restrain the rights of citizens or corporations, or increase their liabilities without legal foundation. The two sessions should provide further answers as to whether and how the bill will be revised.

Hukou reform

Recently 62 cities and towns have been listed as pilot areas for a system that will allow people who aren't locally registered to get a hukou, or household registration.

The hukou system separates migrant workers from locals in the cities where they work. The new system will provide migrant workers with the chance to get a hukou and enjoy the same rights as locals. In addition to hukou, education rights, medical care and property prices will also be highlights of the two sessions.

Ideological work

The "ideological field," according to the People's Daily, can be contaminated by rotten ideas if no one actively pushes "advanced" ideas. With the development of the Internet, violence, rumors and porn in cyberspace have negatively influenced Chinese people and polluted their thoughts, making it important to promote socialist values.

Environmental protection

Protecting the environment is a universal demand, with each year's two sessions seeing much discussion from delegates on topics like how to curb smog. This year's will be similar, with observers expecting measures to help transform China's economic development model by forcing different parties to shoulder their responsibility for environmental protection.