Moments at the annual meetings
Nearly 5,000 legislators and political advisors from all over China are attending the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, the most important political event of the year. China Daily photographers captured the mood.
| Journalists wait for Xu Shaoshi, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, to talk to the media at a news briefing on March 6. Zhang Xiao / China Daily |
| Journalists work on their news reports while reading this year's Government Work Report on the steps of Beijing's Great Hall of the People on March 5. Wang Zhuangfei / China Daily |
| Yao Ming, former NBA basketball star and a member of the CPPCC National Committee, talks to two students sent by Hebei Youth Daily to report on the annual meetings on March 4. Jiang Dong / China Daily |
| The National People's Congress opens its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5. Zhang Xiao / China Daily |
| Representatives from foreign embassies in Beijing attend the opening meeting of the NPC's annual session on March 5. Feng Yongbin / China Daily |
| The 11th Panchen Lama (with bag), Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, gets ready to leave after attending a panel discussion of the CPPCC National Committee on March 4. Kuang Linhua / China Daily |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 03/11/2016 page4)
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