Reporters feel China's progress at sessions

Lu Yu of the Sino-US Times newspaper is covering China's annual national legislative and political consultative sessions. He tries to actively participate in every news conference and open panel discussion.

Lu has raised questions to the State Council Leading Group Office for Poverty Alleviation and Development director Liu Yongfu, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Zhang Mao, head of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.

Lu is not alone. Beijing is swarming with journalists reporting on the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress and the fifth session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. According to the media center, this year's sessions have received more than 3,000 journalist applications, including those from an increased number of foreign reporters.