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Beijing Police with the SWAT unit patrol the roads surrounding the Great Hall of the People shortly before the opening ceremony of CPPCC takes place on Saturday afternoon. [China.org.cn]
Police also employ metal detectors to sweep the journalists' vehicle parking area shortly before the CPPCC opens its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday afternoon. [China.org.cn]
Beijing Police set up surveillance cameras on the path leading to the parking area for journalists' vehicles shortly before the CPPCC opens its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday afternoon. [China.org.cn]
Beijing Police use dogs to detect possible dangerous items on journalists' vehicles parked on the Tian'anmen Square on Saturday afternoon as the CPPCC opens its annual sessions[China.org.cn]
Journalists from both domestic and international press queue up for security check before entering the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Sunday morning, March 4, 2012, to report the press congress to be held by the NPC authorities. [China.org.cn]
Two armed police soldiers patrol the east perimeter of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Sunday, March 4, 2012, one day before the annual session of China's National People's Congress, the country's national legislature opens on Monday. [China.org.cn]
Security staff members line up at the entrance to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Sunday, March 4, 2012 as delegates to the congress and journalists covering the events queue to enter the venue. [China.org.cn]
Hotel staff members serving the delegations to the National People's Congress (NPC) pose for photos at the Tian'anmen Square on Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Beijing, China, one day prior to the NPC's opening ceremony on the morning of March 5 at the Great Hall of the People. [China.org.cn]
Citizens ride on the waterlogged Dieshan Road in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, March 4, 2012. The provincial observatory of Jiangxi issued blue warning signal of torrential rain at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)
Chinese residents ride & walk under rows of trees with iced branches along the riverbank in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin province on March 4, 2012.
A man rides his motorbike with his daughter on the front through Wukan where voting in village elections is taking place on March 4, 2012. The Chinese village that rebelled against corrupt Communist leaders went to the polls in a contested election seen as a landmark for those seeking more democracy in the one-party state after a long campaign by local people to end what they say was years of abuse of power by their leaders.
A man rides his tricyle through a norrow street in Wukan where voting in village elections is taking place on March 4, 2012.
This photo taken on February 29, 2012 shows the collapsed construction site of Songjiang Industrial Zone in Shanghai. The industrial zone focuses on electronics, communication equipment manufacturing, and electric machinery and equipment, and has become an outward manufacture center, which takes hi-tech application as leading industries.
Chang Kai-Chen (R) and Chuang Chia-Jung (L) of Taiwan pose with their trophy after defeating Rika Fujiwara of Japan and Chan Hao-Ching of Taiwan during their final doubles match at the BMW Malaysian Open women's tennis tournament in Kuala Lumpur on March 4, 2012. Chang and Chuang won 7-5, 6-4.
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 29: Actress Yao Chen attends Mmax Future Pictures Festival press conference on February 29, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, walks near Chinese President Hu Jintao on his way to deliver the opening speech during the opening session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Monday, March 5, 2012.
Tenants register themselves before moving into Nanhu Xincheng, a new public rental community in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, March 5, 2012. The city has assigned its first 900 public rental apartments to citizens in need, who moved into new homes here on Monday. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Photo taken on March 5, 2012 shows apartment buildings in Nanhu Xincheng, a new public rental community in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, March 5, 2012. Wuhan has assigned its first 900 public rental apartments to citizens in need, who moved into new homes here on Monday. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Deputies representing China's various regions and ethnic groups arrive at the Fifth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) arrive outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2012. The Fifth Session of the 11th NPC will open in Beijing on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 05: The reporters phone to transmit the news after getting China's Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report before the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. Known as 'liang hui,' or 'two organizations', it consists of meetings of China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and its advisory auxiliary, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
A Blue-and-white Anhua Stembowl with Dragons among Waves from the Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644 A.D.), which is expected to fetch 50 to 80 million HK dollars (about 6.4 to 10.3 million U.S. dollars), is shown at a Sotheby's media preview in Hong Kong, south China, March 5, 2012.(Xinhua/Wong Pun Keung)
A blue-and-white 'Bird On A Lychee Branch Charger', which is expected to fetch 6.4 million to 10.3 million USD, is held by the deputy chairman for Sotheby's Asia, Nicolas Chow, at a press conference in Hong Kong on March 5, 2012.
A Chinese police officer remove a protesting woman after a flag raising ceremony on Tiananmen Square across from where the National People's Congress is held, in Beijing, China, Monday, March 5, 2012. The cause of the incident was not known but authorities have tighten security of the area around the Great Hall of the People where the annual legislature meetings are held this week.
Protesters stage a demonstration to voice their dissatisfaction with the territory's leader, Chief Executive Donald Tsang, in Hong Kong on March 4, 2012. Tsang, whose term is up in June, promised on March 1 during a speech in the city's legislative body to cooperate with an investigation into his alleged ties to rich tycoons, after revelations of his jaunts on private jets and yachts and denied he had breached bribery laws.
Anglebaby attends fashion show in Paris on March. 4, 2012. [Photo/Sina]
A Chinese worker labors on an assembly line of cars at a factory of Jianghuai Auto Corp. (JAC) in Hefei in central China's Anhui province Tuesday March 6, 2012. China will cut income taxes on companies and import duties on energy and raw materials as part of efforts to spur domestic consumption and reduce reliance on exports and investment, the finance minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo)
SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 05: People visit the 2012 China Shanghai International Hosiery Purchasing Expo at Shanghai World Expo Pavilion on March 5, 2012 in Shanghai, China. China has cut its economic growth target to 7.5 percent this year, from the 8 percent goal in 2011.
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 06: Peng Qinghua, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, attends a meeting of National People's Congress Hong Kong group in the Great Hall of the People on March 6, 2012 in Beijing, China. Known as 'liang hui,' or 'two organizations', it consists of meetings of China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and its advisory auxiliary, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Animal trainer Li Kuiyan rides a Siberian tiger to entertain visitors at the Forest Wild Animal World in Qingdao, northeast China's Shandong province on March 6, 2012. The largest wild cat in the world, the Siberian Tiger is also one of the most endangered, known to inhabit the Boreal forests in far eastern Asia residing largely in Russia but also reported in China and North Korea.
Chinese actress Yao Chen poses prior to the start of Chanel fashion designer Germany's Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2012-2013 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 6, 2012 at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Chang Yu-wen (R), 30, who is dressed up as Zhongkui, the traditional Chinese masculine deity who captures evil spirits in temple festivals, and Yang Yong-chen, 26, who is dressed up as the ghost, pose for a photograph in Taitung county, eastern Taiwan, March 4, 2012. Chang, who is known as the first and only female dressing up as Zhongkui in Taiwan, has been dating Yang for three years ever since they performed together in temple festivals. The couple will get married in March 2012. International Women's Day falls on March 8. Picture taken March 4, 2012.
US singer Alicia Keys (L) and Chinese actress Zhou Xun pose prior to the start of Chanel fashion designer Germany's Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2012-2013 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 6, 2012 at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi takes a seat during a press conference of the National People's Congress's (NPC) annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 6, 2012. China's premier on March 5 cut the Asian giant's growth target to 7.5 percent for 2012 in a key annual speech focused on economic expansion, stability and military might ahead of a leadership change.
Chinese sailors march during a parade at a training base of China's North Sea Fleet (NSF) in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province on Monday, March 5, 2012. China announced Sunday that it would boost defense spending by 11.2 percent in 2012, the latest in a nearly two-decade string of double-digit increases. (AP Photo)
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 05: Waiters await orders after the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. Known as 'liang hui,' or 'two organizations', it consists of meetings of China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and its advisory auxiliary, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 05: The ethnic minority delegates arrive at the Great Hall of the People before the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5, 2012 in Beijing, China.
Shanghai Shenhua's Nicolas Anelka (R) poses for photographs with Zhu Yingchi, a college student who purchased Anelka's team jersey for 80,000 RMB ($12,700) during the half-time break in Shenhua's friendly soccer match against Shanghai East Asia in Hongkou Stadium, in Shanghai March 3, 2012. The money paid for the jersey went to charity.