Main focus

In recent years, China has produced an annual average of 1.55 billion to 2.4 billion metric tons of construction waste, accounting for 40 percent of all urban waste, according to an industry development report published in March.

Shenzhen CPPCC member Li Zhen has also urged the city government to improve urban management by allowing greater participation by social organizations, which "need our full support to ... develop healthily and provide a basis and guarantee for innovation in urban management".

Shenzhen's main focus will be urban management and governance in 2016, according to Dai Beifang, the city's top political adviser.

"We'll focus on the consultation and supervision of urban management and governance issues, organize CPPCC members to carry out more research, find any shortcomings, and give useful suggestions and advice," he said at the opening of the second session of the local CPPCC on Friday.