China's national legislature holds 2nd plenary meeting of annual session

The second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Yue Yuewei]

BEIJING -- The first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) held a plenary meeting Tuesday to hear work reports of the Standing Committee of the 13th NPC, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) and the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP), as well as an explanation on a reform plan of the State Council institutions.

Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Han Zheng, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi attended the meeting.

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the 13th NPC Standing Committee, delivered a report on the work of the 13th NPC Standing Committee to the meeting.

Chief Justice Zhou Qiang delivered the work report of the SPC and Procurator-general Zhang Jun delivered the work report of the SPP.

State Councilor Xiao Jie explained the plan on reforming the State Council institutions to the lawmakers. 

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), delivers a report on the work of the 13th NPC Standing Committee at the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Li Tao]

Li Hongzhong presides over the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Huang Jingwen]

Zhou Qiang, president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC], delivers a work report of the SPC at the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Li Tao]

Zhang Jun, procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP], delivers a work report of the SPP at the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Yan Yan]

Chinese State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council Xiao Jie explains a plan on reforming the State Council institutions to national lawmakers at the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Ding Lin]

The second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan]

The second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Yan Yan]

Deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) walk towards the Great Hall of the People for the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Cai Yang]

Deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) walk towards the Great Hall of the People for the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Cai Yang]

Deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) attend the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Yan Yan]

The second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Huang Jingwen]

Deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) attend the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Ding Lin]

Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sit in on the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) as non-voting participants at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Yue Yuewei]

The second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan]

Deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) attend the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Fei Maohua]

Deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) attend the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Liu Jinhai]

Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sit in on the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) as non-voting participants at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2023. [Xinhua/Xing Guangli]