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Left: Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng (left) greets Xiao Yaqing, head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, in the so-called ministers' passage in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday. Above right: The 200-meter-long area is where journalists conduct interviews with leading officials during the annual sessions of the top legislature and political advisory body. Before 2014, the ministers were often pursued or surrounded by journalists seeking their answers to key questions during the two sessions. To avoid such chaos, the new area was set up and ministers were invited to meet the media. Top right: Journalists use video cameras and mobile phones to record an interview with Minister of Justice Wu Aiying on Sunday. Photos by Feng Yongbin and Wang Zhuangfei / China Daily