China’s national legislature opens annual session

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — The 14th National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, opened its fourth session on Thursday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended the opening meeting.

Premier Li Qiang delivered a government work report at the meeting. ■

Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers a government work report at the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Zhao Leji presides over the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, delivers explanatory remarks on a draft environmental code, a draft law on promoting ethnic unity and progress, and a draft law on national development planning at the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

Journalists work at the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sit in on the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) as non-voting participants at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiao)

Journalists work at the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sit in on the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) as non-voting participants at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

Foreign diplomatic envoys to China attend the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

Foreign diplomatic envoys to China attend the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

Foreign diplomatic envoys to China attend the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiao)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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