Full coverage: 2017 NPC & CPPCC Sessions

BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, began its closing meeting Wednesday morning.

The closing meeting of the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)

Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the meeting at the Great Hall of the People.

The closing meeting of the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)