The Press Center of the 5th Session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) has released a preliminary schedule of press conferences to be held during the Session, as (almost completely) translated below.
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All times are in China Standard Time (UTC +8:00). Only the guests’ official affiliations are indicated (except for the last press conference).
Links to transcripts and videos of press conferences will be added when available.
March 6 (Monday)
10 AM: Economic and social development & macroeconomic regulation and control
National Development and Reform Commission
March 7 (Tuesday)
9 AM: Fiscal work & fiscal and tax reform
Ministry of Finance
10:45 AM: Advancing supply-side structural reform of agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture
4:15 PM: Poverty alleviation efforts
State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development
March 8 (Wednesday)
10 AM: China’s foreign policy and foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 9 (Thursday)
10:45 AM: Draft General Provisions of the Civil Code & NPC’s legislative work
Legislative Affairs Commissions of NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC)
2:30 PM: State-owned enterprises reform
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
4:15 PM: Strengthening ecological and environmental protection
Ministry of Environmental Protection
March 10 (Friday)
9 AM: NPC’s supervisory work
Four NPC special committees, NPCSC Budgetary Affairs Commission & NPCSC General Office
10:45 AM: Financial reform and development
People’s Bank of China
3 PM: Deepening commercial system reform
State Administration for Industry and Commerce
March 11 (Saturday)
9 AM: Advancing the implementation of “Made in China 2025” strategy
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
10:45 AM: Reform and development of health and family planning in the first year of the “13th Five-Year Plan” period
National Health and Family Planning Commission
3 PM: Progress and effect of implementing the strategy of innovation-driven development in 2016 and priorities in 2017
Ministry of Science and Technology
4:30 PM: Reform and opening up, structural adjustments & innovation-driven development
Ministry of Commerce
March 12 (Sunday)
3 PM: Education reform and development
Ministry of Education
March 14 (Tuesday)
10 AM: Quality improvement
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
March 15 (Wednesday)
Approx. 10:30 AM.
Premier Li Keqiang