Chinese President Xi Jinping and officials, some wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, attend the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. (Photo : Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a speech at the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
President Xi will arrive in Kazakhstan on a state visit on Wednesday (Sept. 14) and later meet Putin at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the historic Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan. (Photo : Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has announced a 100% tax break for manufacturing firms' spending on R&D.
(Photo : Carlos Garcia Rawlins/REUTERS)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang arrive at the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. (Photo : Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan attends the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak attends the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak attends the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
The NPC passed a series of electoral reforms on Tuesday that will take effect immediately in the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong. (Photo : REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
A foreign journalist gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before attending a news conference by the spokesman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Guo Weimin ahead of the People's National Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China May 20, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Thomas Peter)
Journalists take pictures of a test kit after being tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before attending a news conference by the spokesman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Guo Weimin ahead of the People's National Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China May 20, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Thomas Peter)
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak stands at the end of the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
A Paramilitary police officers gestures at the photographer while keeping watch at a station of Line 1 of the metro that runs past the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the upcoming National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China May 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Thomas Peter)
Delegates wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak leave at the end of the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
FILE PHOTO: Military delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after a meeting ahead of National People's Congress (NPC), China's annual session of parliament, in Beijing, China March 4, 2019. (Photo : REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo)
Children wearing protective face masks play near the entrance to the Forbidden City on the day of the opening of the National People's Congress (NPC) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China May 22, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Thomas Peter)
China begins its most important political event of the year on Friday, following a two-month delay due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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