Jia Qinglin, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, delivers a keynote report at the Second Session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee in Beijing March 3, 2009.

Delegates take their seats before the start of the Second Session of the 11th National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2009.

Delegates stand for the Chinese national anthem at the start of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2009. The conference is a curtain-raiser before the annual session of parliament, the National Party Congress (NPC), starting on March 5.

Film director Zhang Yimou (C), also member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), arrives for the opening of the Second Session of the 11th National Committee of CPPCC in Beijing, March 3, 2009.

Yang Yuanqing (C), member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and chief executive officer of appliance giant Lenovo, is encircled by journalists as he arrives for the opening of the Second Session of the 11th National Committee of CPPCC in Beijing, March 3, 2009.

Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) arrive at the Great Hall of the People on the opening day of the Second Session of the 11th National Committee of CPPCC in Beijing, March 3, 2009.

The Second Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 3, 2009.

Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) arrive at the Great Hall of the People on the opening day of the Second Session of the 11th National Committee of CPPCC in Beijing, March 3, 2009.