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(second row, L to R)Chinese leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo,
Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Wu Guanzheng, Li
Changchun, Luo Gan and other leaders attend a preparatory meeting for the
first session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) in the Great
Hall of the People in Beijing, Mar. 4, 2003. (Xinhua
Photo) |

Li Peng, chairman of the Ninth National
People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presides over a preparatory
meeting for the first session of the 10th NPC in the Great Hall of the
People in Beijing, Mar. 4, 2003. (Xinhua Photo) |
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Wang Lian, from the Miao ethnic group and a deputy of the
Guizhou Provincial delegation to the First Session of the 10th National
People's Congress (NPC), is interviewed before a preparatory meeting for
the session outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Mar. 4, 2003.
(Xinhua Photo) |

Deputies attend a preparatory meeting for the first
session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) held in the Great
Hall of the People in Beijing, Mar. 4, 2003. (Xinhua
Photo) |
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Deputies applaud on a preparatory meeting for the first
session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) held in the Great
Hall of the People in Beijing, Mar. 4, 2003. (Xinhua Photo) |

Chinese and foreign journalists attend the first press
conference of the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress
(NPC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Mar. 4, 2003. (Xinhua
Photo) |