Ban smoking at two sessions, delegates urge

The upcoming annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference should be smoke-free, according to deputies and political advisers.

"I am still confident that this year will be different," said Wang Longde, vice-chairman of the NPC Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee.

He is also president of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association and a former vice-minister of health.