File photo of the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress in March, 2016. (Photo/Xinhua)

Recently, students from a fourth grade class in Nanjing's Langya Road Primary School received an unusual letter, which was sent from the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee. The letter was an official response to legislative suggestions that the students had submitted in June.

At the beginning of the summer, nine students from Langya Road Primary School wrote to the NPC Standing Committee of Jiangsu province to give suggestions regarding the possible amendment of advertisement law, requiring limits to be set on the frequency and content of advertisements broadcast during children’s programming. The letter was later forwarded to the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee.

An official from the Legislative Affairs Commission said that the students’ suggestions were valuable to the creation and implementation of the law.

In fact, the students’ suggestions were not only valued by the legislative body, but also received affirmative responses from several national ministries. The General Administration for Industry and Commerce, as well as the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, both gave the students credit for their suggestions, and stated that they would take those suggestions into consideration.

In the response letter, which marked the first time the Legislative Affairs Commission has ever sent an official response to suggestions from primary school students, the commission provided the students with feedback on their recommendations. The letter also encouraged the students to stay engaged with the NPC's legislative work and send more suggestions in the future.