China Focus: People's congress system a proven cornerstone of Chinese democracy

BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Hongyu, who had served as a national lawmaker for 20 years, saw many of his 200-plus proposals adopted and implemented. Among these proposals was free compulsory education in all urban and rural areas in China.

Such input in shaping national policies and laws is made possible by China's foundational political system -- the system of people's congresses.

This system, esta