On the late subway traveling home, I suddenly realized that the two sessions were not so far away from me as I had reckoned. Being elected from among the people, deputies are ordinary people, too, and they face the same everyday problems as everyone else. They care about ordinary people's daily lives, and it's their job to express real needs to the top powers of the State.

Actually, the State has long been promoting ordinary people's lives. In his 2016 Government Work Report, Premier Li Keqiang many times mentioned people's livelihoods, and he got applause for that. Among the measures already taken, simplifying administrative approval procedures will help people open shops more easily, while construction of affordable housing will make more people's dreams of living in their own homes come true. Insurance against major diseases will help prevent the tragedy of families being driven into poverty because of the high cost of healthcare.

Proposals and advice from NPC deputies and members of the CPPCC National Committee also touch our daily lives. As my first articles about Henan won positive feedback, I decided to cover the two sessions from the angle of ordinary people's lives. Yes, ordinary people's lives should be, and are, the primary concern of the supreme political power of the nation.

To accomplish my goal, I carefully studied materials I could collect about each of the deputies, looking for clues leading to people's lives.

Among the deputies I interviewed, some proposed to construct more roads for regions with large minority populations, while some advised widening channels for technical laborers nationwide. Each of the deputies, driven by concern for people's livelihoods, was willing to sit down and share his or her concerns with a journalist.

As I arrived at the office in the evening, my editor was still there.

"How are the days at the two sessions?" he asked. "Did you get bored?"

I replied with a smile. "Next year, please give me the opportunity again."

Contact the writer at zhangzhouxiang@chinadaily.com.cn