Full coverage: 2017 NPC & CPPCC Sessions

CONFORMITY

The two sessions are expected to drum up support for the country's next round of reforms. Thousands of deputies and political advisors will speak on various issues including economic globalization, national defense and diplomacy.

The whole Party and nation will closely unite around the CPC Central Committee with Xi as the core. "It is a necessity," said Zhang Zhao'an, deputy director of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. "While we are handling a complex situation at home and abroad, we can not afford to lose direction."

It is unique that an 88-million strong political party gather around its leadership and then unites and leads over 1.3 billion people toward a common destination that delivers benefits not only to themselves but also to people around the world.

"Behind all the above is the Chinese philosophy of governance, including two concepts: 'minyi,' or public opinion, and 'minxin,' the hearts and minds of the people," said Wen Yang, a researcher with the Institute of China Studies at Fudan University.

"New ideas, thoughts and strategies of state governance under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi as the core have solid foundation of public opinion. Proven successful by experience, they have won the people's support," he said. "They will become an important theme of the 'two sessions' and the CPC's 19th National Congress."