A press conference for the Third Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) of China is held in Beijing, March 7, 2005. Ma Kai (3rd R), minister of the State Development and Reform Commission, Zhou Xiaochuan (2nd R), governor of the People's Bank of China, Liu Mingkang (1st L), chairman of the Banking Regulatory Commission of China, and Li Yuan (1st R), vice minister of land and resources, answered questions concerning the economic and social development and macro-control at the press conference. (Xinhua Photo/Zhu Jianmin)

Zhou Xiaochuan (2nd R), governor of the People's Bank of China at the press conference. (Xinhua Photo/Zhu Jianmin)

Ma Kai (3rd R), minister of the State Development and Reform Commission at the press conference. (Xinhua Photo/Zhu Jianmin)

Li Yuan (1st R), vice minister of land and resources at the press conference. (Xinhua Photo/Zhu Jianmin)

Liu Mingkang (1st L), chairman of the Banking Regulatory Commission of China at the press conference. (Xinhua Photo/Zhu Jianmin)

A journalist is doing on-the-spot report at the press conference (Xinhua Photo/Zhu Jianmin)

Journalists struggling to raise questions after the press conference (xinhua photo)