Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), takes a question during a press conference on the agenda of the session and the work of the NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 4, 2019. (JIN LIWANG / XINHUA)
BEIJING – Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) elected a 176-member presidium and set the agenda for the second session of the 13th NPC, which is set to begin on Tuesday.
The deputies gathered Monday morning at a preparatory meeting to elect the presidium and secretary-general and set the agenda.
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Wang Chen was elected the secretary-general of the NPC session, according to a statement issued after the meeting.
The meeting also adopted the agenda of the session.
Li Zhanshu, chairman of the 13th NPC Standing Committee, presided over the preparatory meeting held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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All preparation for the annual session is complete, according to Li.
He expressed his hope that the session will be democratic, united, pragmatic and progressive.
As of Sunday, 2,956 of the 2,975 NPC deputies had registered with the session's secretariat, and 2,932 attended the preparatory meeting.
Prior to the preparatory meeting, a meeting of chairman and vice chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee was held, where attendees heard the report on the drafts of the agenda and the presidium and secretary-general name lists of the upcoming annual session. It decided to submit the drafts to the preparatory meeting.
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