Mar 14, 2017 09:12 AM

Photo Gallery: A Look Inside Meetings of China’s Top Legislature, Advisory Body

Security personnel stand guard on March 3 in the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the fifth session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Photos: Liang Yingfei/Caixin

Editor's Note:

Two of China’s most important political events, the annual legislative meeting of the National People’s Congress and the session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, started earlier this month and are wrapping up this week.

In addition to heavy media coverage of meetings in which the government officials, legislators and elite business representatives set the agenda for the country’s major political, economic and social policies, we would also like to give our readers a chance to peek in and out the conference rooms, getting a different perspective of people involved in these national events.

President Xi Jinping (right) on Monday shakes hands with Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who was elected vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee the same day, at the closing ceremony of the fifth session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC.

Security personnel are on duty on March 3 in the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the fifth session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC.

Workers carefully adjust the position of each cup in the Great Hall of the People on Thursday before the start of the 5th session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC.

A security guard stands on guard while members of the CPPCC file into the Great Hall of the People on Thursday.

Yao Ming, a former NBA player and a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, is surrounded by reporters on March 3 before he enters the Great Hall of the People.

Members of the CPPCC take pictures before the closing ceremony of the fifth session of the 12th National Committee on Monday.

A soldier stands on guard outside the Great Hall of the People on Thursday.

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