GRAND EVENT: Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC), delivers a work report during the annual session in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 8

REPORT DELIBERATION: Representatives from northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province take part in penal discussion of Premier Wen Jiabao’s government work report

MEET THE PRESS: Chong Yanmin, an NPC Deputy from Hunnan Province, the worst-hit area in the country’s recent snowstorms, talks to Beijing Review reporter about ways to minimize the effects of natural disasters

DAZZLING DEBUT: Leia Youduo, a singer in her 20s from the Miao ethnic group, takes a break from the 11th NPC in Tiananmen Square. She made her first appearance as an NPC deputy at the national event this year

REPRESENTING RELIGION: Shenghui, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, listens to a panel discussion during the 11th NPC