Two sessions set for early March

The 13th National People's Congress will hold its first plenary session in Beijing on March 5 to discuss revising the Constitution and elect new State leaders, the 12th NPC Standing Committee decided on Tuesday.

The decision was adopted by a vote at an NPC Standing Committee session held on Monday and Tuesday.

The agenda of the session includes reviewing the Government Work Report, examining reports on the implementation of the annual plan on national economic and social development in 2017 and the draft plan on national economic and social development in 2018, and examining reports on the implementation of the central and local budgets in 2017 and the central and local draft budgets for 2018.