Foreign Minister Wang Yi (second from left) at the opening meeting of the NPC's annual session on Saturday. [Photo/China Daily]
Nearly 3,000 delegates 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.
Lu Xinshe (left), governor of Jiangxi province, and Shang Yong, Party chief of the China Association for Science and Technology, during a meeting on Saturday. [Photo/China Daily]
The National People's Congress opens its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday.[Photo/China Daily]
Representatives from foreign embassies in Beijing attend the opening meeting of the NPC's annual session on Saturday.[Photo/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 Friday.[Photo/China Daily]
The 11th Panchen Lama (right), Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, gets ready to leave after attending a panel discussion of the CPPCC National Committee on Friday.[Photo/China Daily]
Tourists take a picture in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum on Saturday, when the NPC opened its annual plenary session.[Photo/China Daily]