The amendment to China's election law will expand people's democracy and safeguard their rights "to be masters of their own destiny," a parliament spokesman said here Thursday.

China is striving to establish a national food safety system in the wake of the 2008 baby milk scandal, Health Minister Chen Zhu said to news portal CRI Online on the sidelines of the annual session of the nation's top political advisory body in Beijing Thursday.

Accelerating the transformation of its economic development will be China's priority for the new year, the country's top political advisory body said on Wednesday.

China faces potential challenges in maintaining food security despite years of good harvest, a legislator said here Wednesday.

Lawmakers from ethnic minorities in northwestern China's Qinghai Province on Wednesday urged for more favorable policies for the minority groups with small population, or the groups each with a population of less than 100,000.

Lawmakers have further developed rule of law in China by initiating new measures to improve people's livelihood and enhance transparency of legislative and supervisory work over the past year.

Combating the international financial crisis was a major concern of China's political advisors last year, said a spokesman of the country's top advisory body Tuesday.

Google's accusation that it was attacked by Chinese hackers and its insinuation towards the Chinese government were "groundless and unreasonable," said Zhao Qizheng, spokesman of the third session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), here Tuesday.

The cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) would be open to opinions of business people on both sides before formal negotiations on details, a political advisory body spokesman said here Tuesday.

China's modern military forces would not pose threat to any other country, said Zhao Qizheng, spokesman of the annual session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Tuesday.