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Turning two sessions proposals into reality can be a long but rewarding process, report He Na and Peng Yining in Beijing. For four years, He Youlin, an educator and deputy to the National People's Congress, repeatedly proposed the relaxation of China's family planning policy. Although the proposal was rejected on several occasions, he continued to raise the issue andeventually achieved his goal. "I just did what an NPC deputy should do, but I received more support and trust than I everexpected," he said. As the two sessions, the annual meetings of the NPC and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, open this week, such proposals have come under the spotlight once again. Reform of various aspects of national policy, including family planning, re-education through labor, and medical security, was originally proposed by members of China's largest decision-making bodies. During the past decade, suggestions and recommendations from deputies have become the driving force behind China's political and economic change. He, principal of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School in Zhongshan, Guangdong province, said turning a proposal into reality isn't an easy or straightforward task. For the first two years of the campaign, his was a lone voice among the deputies. His proposal failed to attract the attention of government departments, and he didn't receive areply. At one point, he was approached with a suggestion that he should shelve his proposal tosave time for more worthwhile endeavors. | 
