Spokesman says residents must help tackle issue of pollution

Helping the government solve people's livelihood issues is high on the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's to-do list this year, the spokesman for the top political advisory body in China said on Sunday.

In the first news conference of the second session of the CPPCC's 12th National Committee, held Sunday in Beijing, CPPCC spokesman Lyu Xinhua spent a quarter of the time responding to media questions on the people's well-being.