Shen Jilan, the woman in braids, looks at a certificate saying she is a deputy to the 1st NPC in Sept 1954. Certificates of this kind had never been seen before.
Since the third session of the 7th NPC, a palm-sized anonymous electronic voting system was installed on the table of each representative.
China's President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and other leaders, China's Politburo Standing Committee members arrive for a plenary meeting of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, at the Great Hall of the People on March 8.
China's armed police, SWAT teams and all other police units have strengthened patrol at Tian'anmen square and nearby areas to ensure the smooth running of the two sessions, the annual meetings of the NPC and National Committee of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference.
A press conference on the third session of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee is held in Beijing on Mar 2, 2015. The third session of the 12th National Committee of CPPCC, the national advisory body, is scheduled to open in Beijing on March 3.
Flags flutter in the wind under a blue sky in Beijing, March 1, 2015.
Zhaxi Gyaincain (L), a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), arrives for the upcoming third session of the 12th CPPCC in Beijing, capital of China, March 1, 2015.
Foreign journalists reporting the third session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) and the third session of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) began to register on Sunday at the Media Center Hotel in Beijing.