NPC Vice Chairman Li Hongzhong Signals Legislative Priorities in Liaoning

Li Hongzhong, a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, conducted an inspection tour in Liaoning Province from September 17 to 20. Touring Shenyang, Anshan, and Dalian, Li called for high-quality legislation tailored to the upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan. He specifically highlighted the need to improve legal frameworks governing state-owned enterprise assets, deepen the integration of technological and industrial innovation, and strengthen laws in key, emerging, and foreign-related domains.

The inspection signals that China's top legislative body is aligning its legislative calendar with the upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan priorities. By emphasizing legal overhauls for state-owned assets and advanced manufacturing in Liaoning, a legacy industrial center, the leadership is reaffirming that legal modernization will serve as an institutional anchor for industrial policy and technological self-reliance.

Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, conducted an inspection tour of Liaoning Province from September 17 to 20, according to reports published by Xinhua and People's Daily. During visits to the cities of Shenyang, Anshan, and Dalian, Li inspected equipment manufacturing facilities, intelligent manufacturing enterprises, and research commercialization projects. He also examined marine fisheries development, island environmental protection, urban and rural welfare services, and local governance mechanisms. Li stressed the need to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law and to coordinate legal development closely with economic reform, growth, and stability. He urged legislative bodies to focus on the goals and objectives of the forthcoming 15th Five-Year Plan period, emphasizing that high-quality economic development necessitates equally high-quality legislation. Specifically, Li called for strengthening legislative work in key priority areas, emerging sectors, and foreign-related fields. He stated that lawmakers must build statutory systems that meet urgent national governance needs, satisfy the public's expectations for a better life, and safeguard national security. Addressing economic restructuring, Li called for fully implementing the new development philosophy, supporting the construction of a high-standard socialist market economy, and modernizing the industrial framework. To that end, he called for improving the legal system governing enterprise state-owned assets, legally fostering the integration of scientific innovation with industrial output, and bolstering protections and training for industrial workers to anchor the real economy. Li also inspected a grassroots legislative contact point located in the People's Square Sub-district of Xigang District in Dalian. Examining local practices under Beijing's whole-process people's democracy concept, Li stated that legislation must remain scientific, democratic, and law-based, broadening public channels for consultation so that statutes reflect broad societal consensus and constitutional principles.