The opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The 14th National People's Congress, China's national legislature, opened its second session Tuesday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders attended the opening meeting.

Premier Li Qiang delivered a government work report at the meeting.

Lawmakers reviewed a report from the State Council on the implementation of the 2023 plan for national economic and social development and on the 2024 draft plan, as well as the draft plan for national economic and social development in 2024.

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They also reviewed a report from the State Council on the execution of the central and local budgets for 2023 and on the draft central and local budgets for 2024, as well as the draft central and local budgets for 2024.

Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, explained a draft revision to the Organic Law of the State Council at the opening meeting.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers a government work report at the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Zhao Leji presides over the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Li Hongzhong, vice-chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, explains a draft revision to the Organic Law of the State Council at the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun gives an interview after the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 5, 2024. (WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY)

Chinese Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying gives an interview after the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 5, 2024. (WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY)

Chinese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian gives an interview after the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 5, 2024. (WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY)

Zhang Yuzhuo, chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, gives an interview after the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 5, 2024. (WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY)

Wang Yongcheng (center), a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), reads the Braille versions of files at the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th NPC held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Foreign diplomatic envoys to China observe the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

The opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sit in on the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) as non-voting participants at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Journalists work at the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) walk towards the Great Hall of the People for the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)