After the city's social unrest in 2019, with the National Security Law for Hong Kong and a revamped electoral system in place, the city is gradually achieving true reunification of the hearts of Hong Kong people.

The meeting also adopted steps to include manufacturers in sectors such as transportation equipment, machinery for electoral engineering, instruments and apparatus and pharmaceuticals into the list of advanced manufacturing firms that can enjoy the excess input VAT refund policies.

As the US mid-term elections are scheduled for fall, Trump is trying to woo electoral support by implementing protectionism.

Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities have deliberately hyped up the so-called mainland military threat and played up tensions for the sake of seeking electoral benefits, Wu said, noting that "the PLA is in control of all dynamics of the Taiwan military".

Efforts will be made to refine the Party's organizational rules and regulations, including drafting the electoral regulations for central Party organizations.

Democracy, the form of which varies in different countries based on their national conditions, should not just focus on elections and electoral methods use to select leaders, but also consider how these leaders serve the people, experts said on Wednesday in a global forum on democracy held in Beijing.

The NPC revised the Electoral Law and submitted the draft revisions of the NPC Organic Law to the NPC for deliberation.

It has enacted laws and adopted decisions related to the SARs, including the Law on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong SAR and a decision on improving the electoral system of Hong Kong SAR, which have fully demonstrated the central government exercises overall jurisdiction over the SARs and provided a strong legal foundation for Hong Kong's entry into a new stage.

Jan Robert Go, assistant professor and associate dean at the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of the Philippines, said that China's whole-process people's democracy includes an electoral process, but also extends through policymaking, implementation and oversight.

The 2,977 deputies to the 14th NPC were elected from 35 electoral units across the country between December 2022 and January 2023, according to a report on the election of the deputies.

The newly elected deputies are broadly representative, and the elections made by 35 electoral units from mid-December to January were in line with the laws, it said.

The elections have ensured all regions, ethnic groups and sectors have an appropriate number of deputies, which is in accordance with the Electoral Law, it said.

The Law on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was enacted and the electoral system of the HKSAR was improved to ensure the steady and sustained implementation of "one country, two systems.