00:00 In China, the two sessions are the most important annual political event that are taking place
00:04 at this moment.
00:05 The session is crucial for the analysis and evaluation of China's performance in the different
00:09 sectors.
00:10 Let's see more details in the following report.
00:13 The two sessions are China's most important annual political event.
00:17 They refer to the meetings of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
00:22 and of the National Popular Congress.
00:25 The consultative conference is an advisory body made up of more than 2,000 people divided
00:31 into 34 groups that, in addition to the Chinese Communist Party, include representatives from
00:38 the other eight parties present in China, and sectors ranging from science and technology
00:45 to religion.
00:46 For its part, the Congress is the legislative body of China and has almost 3,000 members.
00:53 Both have five-year terms.
00:56 In addition to the annual national meeting, popular congresses are held at different levels
01:01 such as township, county, city and provincial levels throughout the year.
01:07 In different villages, towns, there are different liaison offices, deputy liaison offices.
01:13 So there, people can go to those offices, meet their deputies and bring their issues
01:20 to them.
01:22 And also, most of the deputies live among the people, they live in the villages, they
01:26 know what's going on.
01:28 So I can give you a number.
01:29 By the end of 2020, 2.6 million people have worked as a deputy to the people's congresses
01:39 at all levels.
01:41 And more than 90% are at village and township levels.
01:46 That means most of the deputies across China are at grassroots levels.
01:52 They know the concerns of grassroots people.
01:56 So it means think of the number and think of the level they are at.
01:59 They can reflect the problem from bottom to up.
02:05 The two sessions are democratic and unified.
02:08 Why do I say that?
02:09 Because I see representatives of China's 56 ethnic groups meet here to discuss national
02:15 issues.
02:16 We set the tone for new policies and changes at the national level all year long here at
02:20 the sessions.
02:21 This allows us to have an overview of the development of the entire country and society,
02:27 and is very important for us.
02:29 We are representatives at the community level and our participation is part of true democracy.
02:38 Forecasted by a range of economic experts, China's GDP growth target for this year was
02:44 set again at 5%.
02:46 The most topical issue in these two sessions has been the priority of the concept of new
02:51 quality productive forces.
02:53 In a press conference, Jiang Yuzhuo, president of the Assets Supervision and Administration
02:59 Commission of the State Council, highlighted that the goal is to modernize and not abandon
03:05 traditional industries.
03:09 The most important thing is to advance industrial modernization.
03:13 Many state-owned enterprises have a relatively large presence in traditional competitive
03:17 industries.
03:21 Now is the time to use new technologies to transform traditional industries, improve
03:25 their efficiency and make them smart, high-end and green.
03:33 There have been many significant achievements in this regard.
03:36 We have more than 100 smart factories.
03:42 Recently some central state-owned enterprises have cooperated with Huawei to achieve automation
03:47 and unmanned and intelligent operation in coal mines.
03:53 As a result, there is no need for human labor in coal mining, ensuring fundamental safety.
04:01 Journalist and political analyst Li Jingjing points out that the economy is not the only
04:05 priority in the two sessions.
04:07 Several deputies proposed that we need to build a stronger workforce to take care of
04:13 the elderly.
04:15 And now what happened?
04:17 The government has sent a group of staff to more than 20 provinces and 42 villages across
04:26 China to do field research, to do what's happening, what we need to do, how to build a stronger
04:33 workforce for the elderly.
04:37 These deputies do make a difference because all their bills, all their proposals will
04:41 be carefully reviewed at the national level and will be carefully deliberated, reviewed
04:48 and carried out.
04:49 I think that's a perfect chance for everybody to understand China's real political system.
04:55 From Beijing for Telesur, Mauro Ramos from TVT Brazil.
04:59 We have come to the end of the newsreel.
