In pictures: two sessions highlights
Each year in early March, China's top legislature and the country's top political advisory body convene in Beijing for their annual meetings, known as the two sessions.
About 5,000 participants from the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference descended on Beijing for this year's event, held from March 3 to 15.
Here are some moments captured at this year's two sessions.
| The fifth plenary session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the nation's top political advisory body, opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3. Yang Zongyou / Xinhua |
| CPPCC member Nuo De, from Qinghai province, presents hada - silk scarves representing purity and respect - to fellow member Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut, on March 5. Xu Jingxing / China Daily |
| Former NBA star Yao Ming, a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, takes questions on March 4. Jiang Dong / China Daily |
| CPPCC Members attend the closing meeting of the fifth session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13. Xu Jingxing / China Daily |
| CPPCC members Feng Jicai (left), and movie star Jackie Chan take questions at a news conference in Beijing, on March 7. Wang Zhuangfei / China Daily |
| Zhang Mao, head of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, takes questions from meia on March 5. Kuang Linhua / China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 03/17/2017 page4)
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