Following are the schedules for the fourth sessions of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Thursday.[Special coverage]
NPC:
-- NPC delegations will hold plenary meetings to deliberate the work report of the NPC Standing Committee in the morning.
-- NPC deputies will attend panel deliberations on the report in the afternoon.
-- At 9 a.m., three deputy directors of the NPC special committees and a deputy head of the Commission for Legislative Affairs of the NPC Standing Committee, will give a press conference about legislation progress at the press center of the two sessions.
-- At 10:45 a.m., Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang will will give a press conference at the press center of the two sessions.
-- At 3 p.m., Minister of Education Yuan Guiren will give a press conference at the press center of the two sessions.
CPPCC:
-- Members of the 12th CPPCC National Committee will hold panel discussions about the draft charity law in the morning.
-- At 3 p.m., the 12th CPPCC National Committee will hold the second plenary meeting.
