All Delegations Arrive for NPC Annual Session

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All Delegations Arrive for NPC Annual Session

Preparations have been basicallycompleted for the Fifth Session of the Ninth National People'sCongress (NPC), and all the 35 delegations have arrived in Beijing.

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Preparations have been basicallycompleted for the Fifth Session of the Ninth National People'sCongress (NPC), and all the 35 delegations have arrived in Beijing.

This year's annual session of the top legislature, due to openon March 5, is especially significant against a backdrop of China'saccession to the World Trade Organization and its ambitiouseconomic growth target defying a global economic slowdown.

By 10:00 pm Saturday, 2,943 deputies to the forthcoming NPCsession had checked in.

Meanwhile, 2,073 members of the Ninth National Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference had arrived inBeijing by 9:30 pm Saturday. The annual session of the topadvisory body is due to open Sunday.

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