"I am already homesick," said Liang Wentong, 38, a farmer from Congjiang county in Guizhou province, when interviewed on March 5, the first day of the annual session of the National People's Congress.
Being in an occupation that abounds with night owls, getting up before 6 am for more than 10 consecutive days is already quite a challenge. But this is just the beginning for reporters covering the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
"Every citizen should care about politics and have the consciousness of responsibility as well as love for our compatriots. And a monk should, also."
There will be no change to the country's family planning policy, a public sector reform official said one day after a key government restructuring plan was unveiled.
Increasing population and industrial production puts pressure on supplies
About one-tenth of the roughly 5,000 proposals submitted to the country's top political advisory body since the two sessions began on March 3 are related to environmental protection, a top national political adviser has said.
The central government will increase financial investment to boost the construction of special nursing homes for rural elderly people, Jiang Li, vice-minister of civil affairs, revealed on Friday.
Xiamen, a coastal city in Fujian province, should serve as the pioneer in hosting wholly Taiwan-invested hospitals, a national legislator has suggested.
The West is expecting China, under its new leadership, to play a greater world role as Beijing's involvement is essential in resolving the economic downturn and creating new order for the global financial system, according to former French prime minister Michel Rocard.
Last September in the Portico Rooms of London's Somerset House, Huishan Zhang watched as models donning his creations paraded at London Fashion Week. A show at one of the world's top fashion weeks was not bad for a designer who only launched his label a year before.
Hubei province is aiming to build China's fourth economic growth area with three neighboring provinces. The move comes as expansion in the nation's three major economic growth centers slows amid sluggish international demand.
It is 20 years since I last worked at the annual two sessions as a photographer. I covered this national event for more than 10 consecutive years from the early 1980s.
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