Setting national goals

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Published: 12:29, March 5, 2026 | Updated: 14:09, March 5, 2026

Setting national goals

By Xinhua

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. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - 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 NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Zhao Leji presides over the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the 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 NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Journalists work at the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Journalists work at the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

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

Foreign diplomatic envoys to China attend the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

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