BEIJING - A senior official with the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress expounded a document on upholding and improving the system of people's congresses and enhancing and improving the work of the people's congresses in the new era in a recent interview.

The document, released earlier in November, provides overall guidance on the work of people's congresses in the new era. It is of great significance to further modernize the system and capacity for state governance and gather wisdom and strength from various sectors to fully build a modern socialist country, said the official.