China's top legislature opens annual session

Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the National People's Congress (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 National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)