Nearly 3,000 delegates fromall over China are attending the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, the most important political event of the year. China Daily photographers captured the mood.
Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday that China is confident of achieving a GDP growth rate of between 6.5 and 7 percent this year.
Beijing will "resolutely curb" secessionist activities seeking "Taiwan independence" and will never let the historic tragedy of "national separation" recur.
Premier Li Keqiang said Saturday China has fulfilled all the main tasks and targets set out in an economic and social development road-map for the 2011-2015 period.
President Xi Jinping said Shanghai should continue to serve as a vanguard and pioneer in reform and innovation when talking to lawmakers from the coastal city Saturday.
China's higher fiscal deficit rate budgeted for 2016 should not be considered strong stimulus, and the country still has ample policy tools to arrest downward economic pressure.