March 7

9 am: Liu Kun, minister of finance, holds a news conference on financial issues, including the reform of fiscal and taxation systems.

10:50 am: Liu Yongfu, head of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, meets the press.

All day: National legislators and political advisers hold group discussions on the Government Work Report, the plan for national economic and social development, and draft 2019 budgets.