BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) Despite being almost a year ago, a conversation with President Xi Jinping still reverberates in the mind of Zhou Yizhe, a national
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ECNS App Download President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, takes part in a deliberation with lawmakers from Qinghai province, at the fourth session of the 13th National People s Congress in Beijing, March 7, 2021. (Photo/Xinhua)
President focuses on key issues related to livelihoods in talks at two sessions
Tashi Dorje, a national legislator from Qinghai province, was excited when talking about his meeting with President Xi Jinping during the just-concluded two sessions in Beijing.
When Xi took part in discussions with the province s deputies to the 13th National People s Congress, the country s top legislature, on March 7, Tashi Dorje told Xi about the development of his hometown in the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture, which was hit by a 7.1-ma
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File Photo of Zhou Yizhe, a forest ranger and a Chinese national lawmaker, patrolling a forest in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Photo provided to Xinhua)
Throughout his life, Zhou Yizhe, 57, has worked with trees in a number of ways, each time using different tools.
For 35 years, he worked as a logger, cutting down trees with an ax and a saw. He then picked up a shovel and got involved in tree planting. Now, as a national lawmaker, he uses his pen and laptop to draft suggestions, calling for greater efforts in protecting trees.
At the ongoing annual session of China’s national legislature, President Xi Jinping praised Zhou for his transition.
As a national lawmaker, President Xi Jinping joins other deputies to China s top legislature each year as they deliberate issues of national importance during the annual two sessions.
The 13th National People s Congress kicked off its fourth session this week, unveiling a draft of China s modernization plan for the next 15 years, in which green development is highlighted as a priority.
On Friday, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, sat down with fellow lawmakers from north China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with ecological conservation among the main topics of discussion.