Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) walk to the Great Hall of the People for the opening meeting of the first session of the 13th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
President Xi Jinping joins deputies from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region for a group discussion of the Government Work Report at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. [Photo/Xinhua]
President Xi Jinping joins deputies from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region for a group discussion of the Government Work Report at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Journalists interview NPC deputies ahead of the opening of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 5, 2018. [Photo: China Plus]
Photographers wait outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for the opening of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress on Monday. [Photo: China Plus]
Li Youtu chats with his friends after morning exercise in Wentang Township of Yichun City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 28, 2018. Wentang Township has a name for scenic Mingyue Mountain and selenium-rich hot spring. In 2016, Li Youtu and his wife Liang Aizhu from Shanghai paid a visit here, who had been looking for a livable and beautiful place to spend their retirement life. In June of 2017, they returned to the township and bought an small apartment to settle down. In recent years, among some 8,000 new households in Wentang, more than half of them are the elderly who moved to the small town to live in retirement. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Li Youtu, Liang Aizhu and their granddaughter who spend her vocations here enjoy a foot bath beside a hot spring in Wentang Township of Yichun City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 28, 2018.
Li Youtu and his granddaughter who spend her vocations here watch TV at home in Wentang Township of Yichun City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 28, 2018.
A worker makes traditional hollow noodles at a noodle-making company in Suiyang county of southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 6, 2018. Under a market-oriented production mode, Suiyang's traditional hollow noodle has been turned into a profitable business that helps increase local employment rate and personal income. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
A worker demonstrates boiled hollow noodles at a noodle-making company in Suiyang county of southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 6, 2018.
Peking opera performer Ge Shanshan, in traditional opera clothing, demonstrates stage movements for female construction workers on their experience visit to the Mei Lanfang Theatre in Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2018. Beijing's Mei Lanfang Theatre on Tuesday invited more than 100 local female construction workers for hands-on Peking opera experience ahead of the International Women's Day, which is to be observed on March 8. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
A woman takes care of Chinese yew tree saplings at a greenhouse in Zhen'an County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 5, 2018. Monday marks the day of "Jingzhe", literally meaning the awakening of insects, which is the third one of the 24 solar terms on Chinese Lunar Calendar. With the temperature rising, farmers are busy with their farm work. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
A press conference on innovation and improvement of macro-economic control and promotion of high quality development for the first session of the 13th National People's Congress is held in Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)
Wu Haiyan (R) of China vies with Lisa De Vanna of Australia during the Group A last round match at the 2018 Algarve Cup women's soccer tournament in Albufeira, Portugal, March 5, 2018. China lost 0-2.(Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)