China's National Legislature Starts Annual Session

The third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Yao Dawei]

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) — China's national legislature started its annual session Friday morning in Beijing.

Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders attended the opening meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress, held at the Great Hall of the People.

Attendees at the meeting paid a silent tribute to martyrs who died fighting COVID-19 and compatriots who lost their lives in the epidemic.

After the mourning, Premier Li Keqiang delivered a government work report on behalf of the State Council to the legislature for deliberation. 

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report at the opening meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Shen Hong]

 

Li Zhanshu presides over the opening meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Shen Hong]

 

The third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Wang Yuguo]

 

Attendees pay a silent tribute to martyrs who died fighting COVID-19 and compatriots who lost their lives in the epidemic during the opening meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Rao Aimin]

The third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Huang Jingwen]

The third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Xie Huanchi]

The third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Ju Peng]

Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sit in on the opening meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) as non-voting participants at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Liu Weibing]

The third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Shen Hong]

Photographers work at the opening meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Liu Jinhai]

The third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. [Xinhua/Liu Jinhai]

Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) walk towards the Great Hall of the People for the opening meeting of the third session of the 13th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. China's national legislature started its annual session Friday morning in Beijing. [Xinhua/Li Xin]

Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) walk towards the Great Hall of the People for the opening meeting of the third session of the 13th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. China's national legislature started its annual session Friday morning in Beijing. [Xinhua/Li Xin]

(Source: Xinhua)