China's top legislature concludes annual session

Addressing the meeting, Li Zhanshu said that the annual session has successfully completed its agenda.

He lauded the achievements made by the 13th NPC and its standing committee, as well as the contributions made by NPC deputies.

Li called for efforts to study and implement Xi's important thoughts on upholding and improving the people's congress system, to uphold the overall leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and to give full play to the role of people's congress system as an important institution for practicing the whole-process people's democracy.

He also called for concrete actions to pave the way for the 20th CPC National Congress.