The Second Session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.

About 2,200 members of the CPPCC National Committee will discuss major issues concerning the country's development during the annual session scheduled to conclude on March 12.

A silent tribute was observed at the opening meeting for victims of a terrorist attack at a train station in southwest Chinese city of Kunming, in which knife-wielding assailants from Xinjiang killed 29 civilians and injured another 143 late on March 1.

CPPCC National Committee Chairman Yu Zhengsheng delivered a report on the work of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee in the past year after the silent tribute.

Top CPC and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli attended the opening meeting.

The second session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the national top political advisory body, opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3 (XING GUANGLI)

The second session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3 (XIE HUANCHI)

Members of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) pay silent tribute to the victims of the terrorist attack in southwestern city of Kunming on March 1, at the opening of the second session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC in Beijing on March 3 (DING LIN)

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, delivers a report on the work of the CPPCC National Committee's Standing Committee at the second session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3 (HUANG JINGWEN)

Yao Ming, member of CPPCC and former NBA All-Star, attends the opening ceremony of the second session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC in Beijing on March 3 (CHEN JIANLI)