China’s national legislature holds closing meeting of annual session

The second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) holds its closing meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING — The second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) held its closing meeting on the morning of March 15.

Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders attended the closing meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Legislators adopted China's first unified foreign investment law, demonstrating the country's resolve to pursue a new stage of high-level opening-up.

They also approved resolutions on the government work report, and the work reports of the NPC Standing Committee, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

In addition, the legislators passed resolutions on the reports of the national economic and social development plans as well as the central and local budgets, and approved the resignation of NPC Standing Committee member Zhang Rongshun.