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Deputies to the First Plenary Session of the 10th National People's
Congress (NPC) have arrived in Beijing one group after another
since early Saturday morning to attend the NPC session.
After the arrival of deputies from northern Inner Mongolia by train
at 7:15 am in the morning as the first group of NPC deputies to
come to Beijing, deputies from northwestern Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region arrived by air at midday.
Meanwhile, deputies from other areas, including the Ningxia Hui
Autonomous Region, also in northwest China, southern Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region and southwestern China's Yunnan province, have
also reached Beijing either by train or plane by press time.
The moment they stepped onto the soil of the Chinese capital, the
NPC deputies were soon followed after by awaiting journalists and,
by virtue of their unique, gorgeous their ethnical costumes,
deputies of ethnic minorities people were much sought after by busy
cameramen.
Many deputies have arrived with a host of well-prepared motions and
proposals concerning the life of local people in the areas they
represent as well as economic development and other major issues of
the state.
Wu
Jinliang, a deputy from Inner Mongolia, said that he had brought a
couple of motions on the improvement of ecology in his area and
voiced the hope that they would arouse attention from the Communist
Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council.
The first session of the 10th NPC is scheduled to officially begin
on Mar. 5. More than 2,900 NPC deputies from all walks of life
around China would discuss state affairs and elect new state
leaders at the session in the following weeks.
(Xinhua News Agency March 1, 2003)
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