CCTV9英语新闻：President Xi joins lawmakers' panel discussions

China’s top legislature NPC and top political advisory body CPPCC continue to hold their annual meetings. Among today’s topics are finance, agriculture and environmental protection.

BEIJING, March 7, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping joins a group deliberation of deputies from Heilongjiang Province to the annual session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2016. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

President Xi Jinping has joined a panel discussion of lawmakers from Heilongjiang province. The session focused on issues such as improving price policies of grain, improving living standards of lowly-populated minorities, and supporting the end of logging in some key forest zones in the province. 

Xi said the comprehensive implementation of the five development concepts is on agenda. He also emphasized that officials and cadres should use legal thinking and means to solve problems and boost innovation.