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In a side corridor of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, a long red carpet is the hall's most bustling venue during the two sessions, with hundreds of journalists holding lights, cameras and voice recorders as they jostle to secure strategic positions at group interviews.

Apart from high-level government officials, this year's red carpet also featured deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.