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Lawmakers ready for annual session

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Updated: 2007-03-02 15:00

Chinese lawmakers Guo Yuejin, Jiang Jian, Shao Fengjing and Lin Weining (from left to right) chat in a meeting room in Jinan, East China's Shandong Province March 1 before leaving for Beijing for the annual session of the National People's Congress. China's top legislature is to convene Monday. [newsphoto]

Chinese lawmakers Guo Yuejin, Jiang Jian, Shao Fengjing and Lin Weining (from left to right) chat in a meeting room in Jinan, East China's Shandong Province March 1 before leaving for Beijing for the annual session of the National People's Congress. China's top legislature is to convene Monday. [newsphoto]



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