The Chinese Constitution states that citizens' property rights must be protected. In recent years, judicial authorities have been told to re-examine potentially wrongful property rights cases and avoid misconduct to protect the legitimate rights of property owners.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a press conference on the sidelines of the first session of China’s 13th National People's Congress (NPC), the country’s national legislature, in Beijing on Thursday.

China's charity and voluntary sector is under the spotlight in the wake of a series of controversial online fundraising activities that made headlines in the past few months.

Editor's note: Zhang Weiwei is a Chinese professor of international relations at Fudan University, and a senior research fellow at the Chunqiu Institute. He is the author of The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State. The Chinese Way by Zhang is a 10-part CGTN Digital series casting a critical eye over the governance of modern China. Professor Zhang identifies merits and flaws in the Chinese system and contrasts the China model with Western equivalents.

Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of advancing the high quality economy and expressed the resolution to win the battle against poverty when joining a panel discussion with deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the annual session of the NPC in Beijing on Monday. 

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China has initiated structural reforms of state institutions every five years since the early 1980s. Seven such reforms have slashed a number of ministries and agencies to make the central government leaner and more effective.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked about China's foreign policy at a press conference on the sidelines of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing on Thursday. Here's an extraction of his remarks.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered a government work report to the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) on Monday, outlining achievements made over the past five years and setting out targets for this year.

I’m Robert Lawrence Kuhn and here’s what I’m watching – China’s financial risk. Is it systemic financial risk and what is the government doing about it? 

A press conference was held in Beijing on Tuesday during the first session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), where leaders of democratic parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce took questions from reporters.

It's Two Sessions time – the high point of the annual Chinese political calendar, when some 5,000 delegates and members converge in Beijing for two weeks of discussions, reports and elections.

CPPCC members involved in culture, education, sports and medicine highlighted the importance of preserving and promoting traditional Chinese culture on Saturday.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), China’s top state-owned enterprises (SOEs) regulator, held a press conference on SOE reform and development during the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on Saturday.