Asking, knowing, reminding

The annual two sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are underway, and for journalists it's time to ask, know, understand and remind.

At the opening news conference of the fifth session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee on Thursday, I had the opportunity to ask a question about poverty reduction.

I asked it bearing in mind that there are still 43 million Chinese who are still struggling against poverty in the world's second-largest economy.