A delegate to the National People's Congress (NPC) from eastern
China's Shandong Province is presented with a bunch of flower after
arriving at Beijing Continental Grand Hotel on March 02. NPC
delegates are gathering in Beijing to attend the upcoming annual
session of China's top legislature.
Hundreds of delegates to the National People's
Congress arrived in Beijing on Friday to attend the upcoming annual
session of China's top legislature.
Delegates from 15 provinces, including eastern China's Jiangsu
province, arrived in the morning, while delegates from 13 other
regions, including Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macao, arrived in the
afternoon.
The 10th National People's Congress opens its annual plenary
session on March 5. The 10th National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political
advisory body, convenes its fifth annual plenary session on March
3.
Two new and highly important laws are expected to be adopted
during the NPC session: the property law and the corporate income
tax law.
Motions aimed at fighting corruption and building a clean
government are also expected to be tabled at the two upcoming
sessions.
An online poll on Sina.com shows taxes, education fees and
healthcare are among the top issues people want addressed at the
meetings. Rocketing property prices, lax food safety supervision
and misappropriated social security should also be priorities.
Girls line up at Beijing
Continental Grand Hotel to welcome delegates to the National
People's Congress (NPC) on Friday, March 2, 2007. NPC delegates
from eastern China's Jiangsu and Shandong provinces checked into
the hotel on Friday.
(CRIENGLISH.com March 3, 2007)
