A Chinese military band conductor rehearses before the opening session of the annual National People's Congress at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Sunday, March 5, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





In this Sunday, March 5, 2017 photo, a hospitality staffer poses her colleagues for photographs on Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Dressed in vermillion coats, colorful scarves and high-heeled boots, the well-coiffed young women accompany delegates to China's rubberstamp legislature to the Great Hall of the People then hold signs up to guide them back to their buses. In between, the women move on to the equally important tasks of taking selfies and posing for painstakingly composed group photos. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





In this Sunday, March 5, 2017 photo, hospitality staff pose for photographs on Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





In this Friday, March 3, 2017 photo, hospitality staff jump as they pose for photographs on an empty street adjacent to the Great Hall of the People during the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





In this Friday, March 3, 2017 photo, hospitality staff jump as they pose for photographs on Tiananmen Square during the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A paramilitary police officer stand guard during the opening of the National People' s Congress in Beijing on March 5, 2017. China' s rubber- stamp congress opened on March 5, 2017 in an annual pageant of Communist- controlled democracy. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)





In this Sunday, March 5, 2017 photo, hospitality staff take selfies on Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





In this Sunday, March 5, 2017 photo, hospitality staff pose for photos on Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Security personnel walk past the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China, March 3, 2017. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





An attendant prepares ahead of the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 3, 2017. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





An ethnic minority delegate is seen at the Great Hall of the People for the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 5, 2017. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





China's President Xi Jinping and other delegates listen as China's Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) delivers a government work report during the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 5, 2017. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Attendants prepare ahead of the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 5, 2017. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A security officer stands guard ahead of the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 5, 2017. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Paramilitary policemen gesture towards a reporter in front of the Great Hall of the People where sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) are taking place, in Beijing, China March 6, 2017. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Security officers smoke in the inner courtyard of the Great Hall of the People during the National People's Congress in Beijing, China, March 7, 2017. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A woman wears traditional headgear during a session of the Hainan province at the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 7, 2017. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





An attendant closes the door to a session room during the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 7, 2017. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A security officer takes his position inside the Great Hall of the People where sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) are taking place, in Beijing, China March 7, 2017. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





China's national flag is seen behind hostesses waiting for delegates outside the Great Hall of the People during the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 8, 2017. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





People carry stacks of papers near the Great Hall of the People after a plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China, March 11, 2017. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Hotel guides pose in front of the Great Hall of the People at the Tiananmen Square during a plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 12, 2017. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





An attendee takes a picture of China's national emblem inside the Great Hall of the People during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 12, 2017. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Attendants prepare tea ahead of the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 12, 2017. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Security officers check inside the Great Hall of the People after the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 12, 2017. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Minority delegates arrive to the Great Hall of the People to attend the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, Sunday, March 5, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, a Chinese paramilitary policeman stands on duty in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. While the Great Hall of the People buzzes with activity during state events, especially the roughly two-weeks of the legislative session, at other times the hall is strangely quiet, with voices echoing off its marble walls and sentinels standing silently in its forecourt that looks out onto the vast expanse of Tiananmen Square. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





In this Friday, March 10, 2017 photo, a man uses a computer on the steps in the Great Hall of the People as a plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is held in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





In this Friday, March 3, 2017 photo, a Chinese paramilitary policeman stands on duty near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





In this Friday, March 10, 2017 photo, soldiers in usher uniforms, some carry fire extinguishers march down a staircase after the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Because safety comes first, fire extinguishers are ubiquitous in and around Beijing’s Great Hall of the People during the annual sessions of China’s ceremonial parliament and its official advisory body. That’s partly for standard purposes of preventing any sort of fire-related emergency that could harm the participants and mar the proceedings. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, soldiers in usher uniforms sit near fire extinguisher placed next to sofas during the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Delegates disembark from buses as they arrive for a plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, March 11, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)