In this March 1, 2016 photo, food delivery workers from Meituan, an E-commerce company, arrive for their daily briefing in Beijing. As China's top leaders gather for its annual legislature this week, delegates will focus on the ruling party’s new development plan _ the latest chapter in a marathon effort to transform China into a middle-income economy with self-sustaining growth driven by consumer spending instead of investment, trade and heavy industry. Retailing, e-commerce and other services businesses are growing and absorbing some idled workers, but many are still struggling to find work. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
In this Feb. 29, 2016 photo, a sign reading "safe production" hangs askew on a tower at a closed iron mine in Chicheng County in northeastern China's Hebei province. The annual gathering of the National People’s Congress is largely ceremonial, doing little lawmaking and instead providing a platform to publicize the Communist Party’s priorities. This year, delegates will focus on the ruling party’s new development plan - the latest chapter in a marathon effort to transform China into a middle-income economy with self-sustaining growth driven by consumer spending instead of investment, trade and heavy industry. The slowdown and Beijing's efforts to shift emphasis away from heavy industry already have slashed workforces at mines, shipyards and other employers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
In this Feb. 25, 2016 photo, a man rides past a pile of abandoned bicycles and electric bikes collected by cleaners near a garbage recycling center in Beijing. Chinese leaders are expected to cut their growth target to allow more flexibility in overhauling their slowing, state-dominated economy when their legislature meets this week. But they are unlikely to unveil significant new reforms. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
In this March 2, 2016 photo, a man smokes as he waits for the bus near mural with the words "13 billion population united" and "China power" in Beijing. Chinese leaders are expected to cut their growth target to allow more flexibility in overhauling their slowing, state-dominated economy when their legislature meets this week. But they are unlikely to unveil significant new reforms. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Chinese security personnel drag a man, seen near a police van, left, in front of Tiananmen Gate after he appeared to set off fireworks as delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after attending the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, Thursday, March 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Andy Wong
Photo taken on March 2 shows the huge expedition ship Zhang Qian, The ship is named after a Chinese diplomat who served as an imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC, during the time of the Han dynasty. It will be served as the mothership of the deep-sea manned submersible — "Rainbow Fish" and go to the oceans around the world for scientific investigation. [Photo: Xinhua]
Photo taken on March 3, 2016 shows an aerial photo of the Boao airport in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province. Boao airport, a supporting project for Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), is expected to begin trial operations on March 8 to serve this year's conference. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
A Boeing 737-800 takes off at the Boao airport in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province, March 3, 2016. Boao airport, a supporting project for Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), is expected to begin trial operations on March 8 to serve this year's conference. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
The undated photo shows a gigantic wooden Gundam Unicorn erected at a farm house in Shandong Province, eastern China. The 6.6-meter-high creature weights about one ton and was hand-made by a local college student. The project took a year to complete. The Gundam Unicorn is said to be the first of its kind in the world. [Photo: qq.com]
The fourth session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the national advisory body, opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 3, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]
Women work with great concentration on a piece of Xiang embroidery at a workshop of Yifeixiu Co. Ltd. located in Shaping Town of Changsha, Hunan Province, on Feb. 20, 2016. The area is the hometown of Xiang embroidery in China. [Photo by He Dongping/China.com.cn]
Photo shows the world's biggest copper cash coin sculpture in central China's Hunan Province, March 1, 2016. (Source: Chinanews.com/Yang Huafeng)
Local residents take pictures of alpacas at a wetland park in "Yangrenjie" scenery spot in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, March 2, 2016. People can have close look at animals in the park, which opened Wednesday. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
BENGBU, March 5, 2016 (Xinhua) --Children pose for photos in clothes printed with facial makeup of Peking Opera at a kindergarten in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, March 4, 2016. A kindergarten in Bengbu embodies the education of Peking Opera into everyday schooling to foster children's interests for the national art form. (Xinhua/Guo Guangjie)
BENGBU, March 5, 2016 (Xinhua) --Teacher Wang Hanting teaches a class on Peking Opera at a kindergarten in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, March 4, 2016.
QIANDONGNAN, March 4, 2016 (Xinhua) -- People of Dong ethnic group participate in a Grand Song of Dong chorus performance in the Dong village of Huanggang, Liping County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 4, 2016. The Grand Song of Dong, a natural folk chorus performance, was included in the World Intagible Cultural Heritage List in 2009. (Xinhua/Yang Daifu)
A woman rides in heavy sand storm in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, March 4, 2016. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Pupils walk back home after school in heavy sand storm in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, March 4, 2016. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Actress Jiang Shuying's Milan Fashion Week
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