Li Zhanshu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, speaks during a symposium on the study and implementation of the important thoughts of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on upholding and improving the system of people's congresses in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province. The symposium was held Wednesday and Thursday in Shijiazhuang. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)