Zhao Leji, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, granted letters of appointment to members of the sixth-term Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Basic Law Committee of the NPC Standing Committee on Wednesday in Beijing.
The name list of the members was adopted at the 13th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th NPC concluded earlier on Wednesday.
Led by Director Shen Chunyao, the 10-member committee, consisting of five members from the mainland and five from Macao, will serve a five-year term.
The ceremony of appointment letters granting was presided over by Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.
China's top legislator grants appointment letters to members of NPC's Macao Basic Law committee
Heavy rains prompted several regions across China to activate emergency responses on Sunday, with warnings of possible disasters caused by days of intense rains in some areas.
The meteorological service of Nanning City, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, issued an orange lightning warning on Sunday morning.
It warned that most urban areas of Nanning will be affected by thunderstorm and some parts of the city will see heavy precipitation and strong winds.
The lightning warning was followed by another yellow warning for rainstorm, with most parts of Nanning to see heavy rains of 20 to 40 millimeters.
In some areas, precipitation will exceed 50 millimeters and will also be accompanied by thunder and gusty winds.
The central province of Hubei activated a Level III emergency response for major meteorological disasters on Sunday morning.
Local meteorological service estimated that from Sunday night to Tuesday, the province will see heavy to torrential rains and some regions will experience downpours accompanied by severe convective weather.
Local authorities said the public should stay alert to secondary disasters triggered by persistent heavy rains.
Rains hit north China's Tianjin Municipality on Saturday night.
The rainfall intensified significantly on Sunday morning and the rainy weather is projected to last until Monday.
Heavy rains prompt emergency responses in several regions
