[Playback] China's top legislative body opens annual session

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers the government work report at the opening of the Fifth Session of the 12th National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday, March 5, 2017. [Photo: Xinhua]

The Fifth Session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislative body, opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered the government work report at the opening of the session when growth targets for the year were unveiled.

The NPC session this year will debate on the government work report, the budget of the central government and the draft General Provisions of Civil Law, among other matters.