Li Zhanshu, the Executive Chairman and Executive Chairman of the Presidium of the
Conference, presided over the conference. Executive Chairman and Executive Chairman Wang
Chen, Cao Jianming, Zhang Chunxian, Shen Yueyue, Ji Bingxuan, Ailigen Yiming Bahai, Wan
Exiang, Chen Zhu, Wang Dongming, Baima Chilin, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng,
Wu Weihua , Yang Zhenwu were seated at the podium. Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng, Wang Qishan, and members of the presidium of the
conference took their seats at the rostrum. 2790 Deputies, instead of 2951, attended the opening
session and 161 people were absent. Li Zhanshu announced the opening of the Fifth session of
the 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China when they all stood up
and sang the national anthem.
Also seated at the rostrum are: Ding Xuexiang, Liu He, Xu Qiliang, Sun Chunlan, Li Xi, Li
Qiang, Li Hongzhong, Yang Jiechi, Yang Xiaodu, Zhang Youxia, Chen Xi, Chen Quanguo,
Chen Miner, Hu Chunhua, Guo Shengkun, Huang Kunming, Cai Qi, You Quan, Wei Fenghe,
Wang Yong, Wang Yi, Xiao Jie, Zhao Kezhi, Zhou Qiang, Zhang Jun, Zhang Qingli, Liu Qibao,
Pabara Gregory, Wan Gang, Ho Hauhua, Lu Zhangong, Ma Biao, Chen Xiaoguang, Liang
Zhenying, Xia Baolong, Li Bin, Battelle, Wang Yongqing, He Lifeng, Su Hui, Zheng Jianbang,
Gu Shengzu, Liu Xincheng, He Wei, Shao Hong, Gao Yunlong, and members of the Central
Military Commission Li Zuocheng, Miao Hua, Zhang Shengmin, etc. Ho Iat Seng, Chief
Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, attended the meeting and took a seat
at the rostrum. CPPCC members attended the meeting. Relevant departments of the central and
state organs, relevant units of the People's Liberation Army, and relevant persons in charge of
various people's organizations attended or observed the conference. Foreign envoys in China
also attended the conference.
Xi Jinping joined the deliberations of the delegation from Inner Mongolia on March 5. It has
been customary for him to join them since 2018. In his speech, Xi Jinping pointed out that
Inner Mongolia is a frontier ethnic area and bears a major responsibility for maintaining ethnic
unity and frontier tranquillity. It is necessary to see small knowledge, enhance the awareness
of urgency, improve strategic thinking, effectively prevent various risks and hidden dangers in
the field of ethnic work, and effectively build a security and stability barrier in the northern
Xinjiang of the motherland. Ding Xuexiang, He Lifeng and others participated.
(Comment: Xi Jinping joined them on the exact same day four years ago.)
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