Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has rejected accusations that the Chinese government and military are behind cyber attacks on Western websites, calling for "rules and cooperation", instead of a cyberspace "war" or politics-driven smear campaigns.

The National People's Congress, the Chinese parliament, adopted a cabinet reshuffle plan at a plenary meeting on Thursday in a bid to reduce bureaucracy and make the government more efficient in the world' most populous country.

How much do foreigners know about the annual events known as the "two sessions" or, in Chinese, "Liang Hui"? If foreigners were able to submit proposals, what policy changes would they like to see?

In this micro-documentary series, China Daily's videographer Yu Chenkang offers an unique personal insight into NPC&CPPCC, the highly influential political event.

China held the annual sessions of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, capital of China, from March 3 to March 17, 2013. China Daily reporters were on location and present to you this short documentary from the 15 historic days.

Riyangul Almire is the youngest NPC (National People's Congress) deputy from the delegation of the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. Born in a family with six other siblings in a small county named Aktau, Almire dropped out of school after middle school. This is the story of a small-town girl becoming a deputy in China's NPC.

The National People's Congress (NPC) concluded its annual session Sunday morning. Xi Jinping, newly-elected Chinese president, called for confidence in the socialism with Chinese characteristics and persistent efforts to realize the "Chinese dream" in his keynote speech at the closing meeting.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday rejected the accusation of hacker attacks against the United States, calling it "presumption of guilt."

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held his first press conference after the closing meeting of the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on March 17, 2013.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Sunday that he is willing to accept supervision from the society and media on clean governance.

Li Keqiang received endorsement as Chinese premier Friday morning at the 5th plenary meeting of the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature. Nearly 3,000 NPC deputies voted to approve newly-elected President Xi Jinping's nomination of Li as the candidate for premier.

Xi Jinping was elected president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission (CMC) on Thursday. Xi was formerly the general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

The first session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) began the closing meeting of its annual session Tuesday. Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, presided over the closing meeting held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Saturday that sanctions are not the fundamental way of solving the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

China's trade with neighboring countries exceeded the total that China had with Europe and the United States to reach $1.2 trillion last year, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Saturday.