A six-part political documentary exploring the advances made to China’s legal system over the past five years is winning praise from analysts and viewers since it’s first episode aired Friday.

The documentary, named The Rule of Law in China, is being broadcast one episode a day by China Central Television. It summarizes the improvements to China’s rules of law under the leadership of President Xi Jinping since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in November 2012.

Jiang Guohua, a professor of law at Wuhan University, said that under the leadership of the CPC, China has made great progress in advancing the rule of law.

“Just as it is mentioned in the political documentary, advancing the rule of law is the basic characteristic of modern nations,” he said.

This has great significance on a number of issues, including promoting economic growth, maintaining social security and boosting clean governance, said Wang Ruolei, an associate professor of politics and law at the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC.

Authorities should constantly try to improve the legislation process and ensure that the people could get “a sense of gain” from building a law-based country, government and society, he said.

The president has attached great importance to promoting the rule of law and has pledged on numerous occasions to build a law-based socialist country.

“To implement the rule of law as the basic strategy, and accelerate the building of a law-based socialist country, we should make laws through proper procedures, enforce them strictly, administer justice impartially and ensure that everyone abides by the law,” Xi said in a speech on Dec 4, 2012, to mark the 30th anniversary of the implementation of the current Constitution. The speech came soon after he became general secretary of the CPC Central Committee in November.

In his speech, Xi vowed to ensure everyone enjoys extensive rights in line with the laws; to protect the rights of the person, property and politics; and to safeguard their economic, cultural and social rights.

While presiding over a group study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in February 2013, Xi raised the goal of developing a law-based country, government and society.

“We should exercise governance and administration in accordance with the laws, develop a law-based country, government and society simultaneously, and thereby bring the rule of law to a new state,” he said.

The CPC convened a plenary meeting of its central committee in October 2014 to further promote the rule of law. It was the first time a plenary session of the CPC Central Committee had taken the topic as its central theme.

In a statement released after the plenary session, the Party said it will further emphasize the role of the Constitution in China’s legal system. It also aims to improve judicial independence, promote procedural justice, professionalize judicial officers, and build a law-abiding government.

During a visit to the China University of Political Science and Law in May, Xi said that a comprehensive advancement of the rule of law is a long-term and significant historic mission, which is related to the people’s happiness and the development of the Party and the country.

He called on universities and colleges to step up research into the rule of law and other fundamental matters that involve legal issues to help improve the nation’s socialist system with Chinese characteristics.

In his speech to mark the 95th anniversary of the CPC in July 2016, Xi vowed to guarantee the authority of the Constitution and laws. No organization or individual is privileged to act beyond the Constitution or the laws, and all acts in violation of the Constitution or the laws must be investigated, he said.

Comprehensively promoting the rule of law is one of the “Four Comprehensives”－a strategic blueprint drawn up by Xi to create paths to realize the national rejuvenation. The other three are comprehensively building a moderately well-off society; comprehensively deepening reforms; and comprehensively promoting stricter governance of the Party.

Last year, the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee made a total of 10 laws, revised 24 laws and adopted six decisions on legal issues. By the end of December, there were 256 current effective laws, apart from the current Constitution, according to the China Law Society.

A lost elderly woman with cancer who didn’t want to burden her children, was found dead on Saturday morning in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, after her son sought help on social media to find her.

Dai Jinxiu, 70, had been living with her daughter in Wenzhou. Her two sons lived elsewhere.

She was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in April and had undergone treatment in Shanghai, Tu Huanyu, the younger son, was quoted as saying on 66wz.com, the city’s largest news website.

“She said she was unhappy and refused more medical treatment,” Tu said.

On Wednesday morning, Dai went to see a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine with her daughter, and afterward asked to go to an opera house to relax by herself. She didn’t return home.

The daughter later found a two-page letter at home.

“Your careful nursing has put me under great pressure. I don’t want to be a burden on you. I want to do it in my own way,” Dai wrote, apparently contemplating suicide.

The family called the police. But there was no progress in the search until Tu posted the story online on Thursday afternoon.

A WeChat search group was set up to coordinate police officers, reporters, rescue groups and family members.

“Many news websites linked to our page, and the public was highly concerned. That drove both official and civilian rescue forces,” said Ye Shuanglian, deputy news director at 66wz.com.

A breakthrough came at 8:40 pm on Thursday. Dai had been recorded by a camera as she got on a bus on Wednesday morning. She was then spotted in other recordings, and the police traced her route.

Several civilian rescue teams were sent to scour mountain and lake areas. Hundreds of residents also volunteered.

At 10:30 am on Saturday, Dai’s body was found in brush at an abandoned automobile salvage yard. The exact cause of death is yet to be announced by forensic experts.

Dai’s family was grateful, despite the sad outcome.

“I want to say thanks to everyone who helped us,” said Tu, the son.

“We’ve done many reports about elderly people who got lost, and we’ve helped families find them. But this story is one of the hardest because it triggered the hidden and painful experience of many Chinese families,” said Ye of 66wz.com.

“Many traditional Chinese parents took on the responsibility to raise their children, but they don’t want the children to do anything for them. Such one-way devotion is a typical Chinese style,” she said.

“We appeal for more care for elderly parents, both economically and mentally.”

Ten managers and officials have been removed from their posts after the cover-up of a fatal landslide at an open-pit coal mine which killed eight people, the provincial government in north China’s Shanxi Province said Monday.

A landslide occurred on Aug. 11 at Lyuxin coal mine in Heshun County, but the mining company denied any casualties had occurred until its manager turned himself in to police confessing that 10 people had been buried in the accident.

Eight people have died, one was injured and one remains unaccounted for.

Five managers of the state-owned coal mine were removed from their posts and put under investigation. Five local officials, including vice county chief Feng Letian, were also fired. An investigation team is looking into their suspected wrongdoings.

Lyuxin coal mine, under Shanxi Coal Transportation and Sales Group Co., Ltd., has an annual coal capacity of 2 million tonnes.

Beijing Monday unveiled cooperation agreements with Hebei Province on the construction of Xiongan New Area, a new development area southwest of the capital, according to a press conference by Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform.

The agreements were signed after a group of the city’s leaders and heads from Beijing’s different districts, departments and state-owned enterprises paid a visit to the new area on Thursday.

The agreements focus on eight areas namely working mechanisms, scientific and technological innovations, transportation, ecology, industry, public services, construction plans, and talent exchanges.

Liu Bozheng, deputy director of the Beijing office overseeing the integration of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, said at the press conference that Beijing will provide comprehensive support as required for the construction of Xiongan New Area.

Beijing will support cooperation between Zhongguancun Science Park and Xiongan New Area to build a science park in the new area and accelerate the construction of transportation infrastructure between Beijing and the area, including a high-speed railway, intercity railway, and expressway.

Some Beijing based state-owned enterprises such as Beijing Energy Investment Holding Co., Ltd. and Beijing Waterworks Group will provide services for the new area.

Three schools and a hospital will be built in the new area with the help of three prestigious schools and a hospital in Beijing, according to one of the agreements.

At present, Xiongan New Area is in dire need of high-quality public service resources, Liu said. These agreements will take advantage of Beijing’s education, health care, and scientific innovation resources to come up with a batch of specific projects in Xiongan.

Beijing will provide talent and technical support for the new area’s urban planning, surveying and mapping, Liu said.

The capital will also share its experience in the construction of its eastern suburb of Tongzhou, which serves as a “subsidiary administrative center,” according to Liu.

In April, China announced plans to establish the new economic zone about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing. It covers Hebei’s Xiongxian, Rongcheng and Anxin counties.

Following the success of the country’s economic zones in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta regions, Xiongan is expected to promote the formation of a world-class city cluster.

President Xi Jinping said China will continue its efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and promote national development in a more efficient, fair, and sustainable way.

He made the remarks in a congratulatory letter Monday for the launch ceremony of China’s international development knowledge center, which aims to facilitate study and exchanges on development theory and practice.

Noting that he is glad to see the launch of the center, which he proposed at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015, Xi said he expects the center to contribute to research and exchanges on development among different countries and to promote global implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

Xi said implementing the 2030 Agenda is the common responsibility of the international community. The Chinese government highly values implementation of the agenda and has released its national plan for the implementation.

He said China has made early progress in implementing the work in a balanced way in economic, social and environmental fields.

A progress report on China’s implementation of the agenda was also released at the launch ceremony.