The press conference about legislation progress will start at the press center of the two sessions at 9:00 am.
The draft outline of the 13th Five-Year Plan on national economy and social development was endorsed by the National People's Congress (NPC) Financial and Economic Committee (FEC) at a meeting.
On March 8, at the press conference on China's foreign policy and foreign relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi mentioned the fruits the "Belt and Road" initiative.
Poverty alleviation has been the most important part of the people's livelihood, and President Xi Jinping is most concerned about it. On March 8 at a meeting with Hunan province deputies during the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), Xi reviewed a report on poverty alleviation progress in Shibadong village in Southwest Hunan province.
Premier Li Keqiang has urged Guangdong province, a pioneer in China's reform and opening up more than three decades ago, to continue in this role as the country works to overhaul its slowing economy.
China's second railway line into the Tibet autonomous region could be completed by 2025, and ecological protection will be a top priority during construction, a senior political adviser.
More efforts should be made to develop aerospace industrial bases in Hubei province and turn Hubei into hub of China's commercial space industry, said NPC delegate Hu Shengyun.
China plans to renovate 20 million units in its shantytowns during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), which is an unprecedented number, but Chen has high confidence in the initial preparations.