If unaware of her reputation as China's No 1 policewoman, many would see Lei Min as any other female of a quiet disposition.
In today's two sessions, sympathy for drug users, millet for the premier, oil standards examined, and no objections to GM food.
A prudent monetary policy has not been changed, as this year's M2 growth target is still moderate, said Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of China's central bank.
As the nation's top legislative and advisory bodies meet, President Xi is using his experience of life in the provinces to provide a 'hands-on' approach to different issue.
Writer Chi Li rarely visits bookshops anymore and instead buys online as she believes it is difficult to find what she calls "real" books on shop shelves.
China is ready to welcome the US strategic rebalancing to Asia-Pacific if it is constructive to the region's peaceful cooperation.
The legislature of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to draft a regulation by 2016 to curb religious extremism. It may include a ban on wearing clothes in public linked to religious extremism such as full face and body coverings, the head of the legislature said.
The government will no longer authorize or fund science and technology projects directly, but focus instead on making development plans, assessing projects and monitoring evaluation and research funds, the science and technology minister said.