Full coverage: 2017 NPC & CPPCC Sessions

Full coverage: China’s Leaders

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang joins a panel discussion with deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at the annual session of the NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), joins a panel discussion with deputies to the 12th NPC from Heilongjiang Province at the annual session of the NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), joins a panel discussion with deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from Hainan Province at the annual session of the NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, joins a panel discussion with deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from Shanxi Province at the annual session of the NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli joins a panel discussion with deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from Hebei Province at the annual session of the NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)