China’s top legislature concludes annual session

BEIJING: The 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, concluded its fifth session Friday.

Chinese leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan attended the closing meeting of the session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Li Zhanshu, an executive chairperson of the presidium for the session, presided over the meeting attended by 2,758 NPC deputies.

Lawmakers voted to adopt a decision on amending the Organic Law of the Local People’s Congresses and Local People’s Governments.

President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order to promulgate the decision. -The Daily Mail-China Daily News Exchange Item