NPC opens annual session in Beijing

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-03-05 10:34

Chinese soldiers gesture as they arrive for the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 5, 2007. REUTERS

Soldiers patrol while on guard outside the Great Hall of the People, the venue for the National People's Congress (NPC), before the opening ceremony of NPC in Beijing March 5, 2007. [Reuters]