Li Zhanshu, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, had a discussion and exchange with NPC deputies attending the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress as nonvoting delegates on the morning of 31 March. At the forum, the representatives exchanged their experience in performing their duties and put forward their opinions and suggestions in combination with special research and other activities. Li Zhanshu listened carefully and had in-depth exchanges with everyone. Li Zhanshu said: strengthening investigation and research is a fine tradition of our party. We should place investigation and research in a more prominent position, strengthen and improve the special investigation and research activities for deputies organized by the NPC Standing Committee, so that the work of deputies can be better grounded, the people's feelings observed, the people's wisdom gathered, and the people's livelihood benefited. Special investigation and study is not only an important form of intersessional activities of deputies as stipulated in the law of deputies, but also the duties of deputies. The degree of deputies' participation is directly related to the role of deputies and the effectiveness of the work of the people's Congress. Since the current standing committee assumed its duties, it has actively organized NPC deputies to carry out special investigations and studies, and produced a number of high-quality investigation and study reports. Closely focusing on the implementation of the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, it has effectively promoted the implementation of laws and solved hot and difficult issues of common concern to the people. The representatives participated in the special research, enriched the performance activities of the representatives during the intersessional period, and laid a foundation for putting forward high-quality proposals and suggestions during the conference. The deputies' in-depth investigation and study will help better bring into play the role of the party and the state as a bridge between the people and the masses, help the Standing Committee strengthen and improve its work, better give play to the functions of the people's Congress, and improve the quality and level of the work of the people's Congress. Li Zhanshu stressed that with the continuous enrichment of deputies' practice in performing their duties, the requirements for deputies' investigation and research work are also getting higher and higher. Through in-depth research, we should actively find out those problems that are universal, common and typical, attach great importance to the application of research results, put forward high-quality proposals and suggestions based on research, and provide important reference and basis for strengthening and improving the work of the people's Congress in legislation, supervision, deputies, foreign affairs and self-building. It is necessary to improve the working mechanism of special representative investigations, implement the 35 specific measures for strengthening and improving the work of deputies, better serve and guarantee the inspection, investigation and investigation work of deputies, and ensure that special representative investigations achieve more practical results. Every deputy to the people's Congress should doubly cherish the responsibilities he has shouldered, start well, finish well, do well, and succeed well. He should strive for new achievements in his work at his own posts, and take practical actions to welcome the successful convocation of the 20th National Congress of the party. Wang Chen, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the forum. (news agency)