The closing meeting of the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), held the closing meeting of its annual session on Thursday.

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

Li Zhanshu, an executive chairperson of the presidium of the session, presided over the meeting attended by nearly 3,000 NPC deputies.

Lawmakers adopted the Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035

Lawmakers adopted the amendments to the organic law and procedural rules of the NPC and a decision on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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The lawmakers adopted the Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035.

They 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 at the meeting.

They also passed the resolutions on the implementation of the 2020 plan and on the 2021 plan for national economic and social development, and approved the 2021 plan for national economic and social development.

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The lawmakers also passed the resolutions on the execution of the central and local budgets for 2020 and on the central and local budgets for 2021, and approved the central budget for 2021. 

Addressing the meeting, Li said that the annual session has successfully completed its agenda.

The decision on improving the electoral system of the HKSAR has been highly endorsed by the deputies, Li said.

Li called for better leveraging the role of people's congresses on the journey toward fully building a modern socialist China.

Li urged rallying even closer around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, as the CPC will celebrate its centenary this year. He also called for advancing toward realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

Before the closing meeting, Li presided over the meetings of the session's presidium and the presidium's executive chairpersons.