Thousands of delegates from all over China are attending the annual plenary sessions of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing this week. China Daily photographers capture the best snapshots of the most important political event every year.

Li Yanhong, a CPPCC member and CEO and chairman of Baidu Inc, displays a message he has written in a reporter’s notepad after a news conference on March 11. The message reads: “Innovate and never give up”.[Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily]

Yang Jinsong (right), a NPC deputy who represents ethnic groups from Yunnan province, enters the Great Hall of the People with fellow provincial deputies to attend a plenary meeting on March 5.[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily]

Zhong Zhiming, deputy commander of the Shenyang Military Area Command and a NPC deputy, is surrounded by reporters after the NPC opening ceremony on March 5.[Photo by Xu Jingxing/China Daily]

Xie Zhenhua (right), former vice-minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, chats with Jiang Zengwei, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, during a panel discussion of the CPPCC work report on March 4.[Photo by Wei Xiaohao/China Daily]

Yang Yuanqing (center), CEO and chairman of Lenovo Group, talks with members of the CPPCC after the opening ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3.[Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]