March 8

10 am: Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds a news conference.

3 pm: Five national political advisers, including Yang Weimin, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs, talk about promoting high-quality economic growth.

All day:

NPC group discussions on the annual budget plan and the plan for national economic and social development

The CPPCC National Committee holds a plenary meeting in the morning to hear the draft amendment to the CPPCC charter explained. Members will join group discussions in the afternoon on the draft amendment.