Wang Guoqing, the spokesperson for CPPCC annual session, introduces the upcoming session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing at a press conference on March 2, 2016.
Wang Guoqing, the new spokesman of China's top meeting of political advisors, said on Wednesday the South China Sea should not be used as a tool of certain countries to contain China.
A look back at govt's 25 goals and achievements in 2015
Wang Guoqing has worked as chief Washington correspondent for China Radio International and in various positions in the government.
Soldiers scrub the marble facade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on March 1. More than 500 soldiers were mobilized in the cleaning operation ahead of the two sessions of the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
At 3 pm, the first press conference of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The number of people aged 60 and older is expected to expand to one-third of China's population by the middle of the century.