CPPCC members interviewed ahead of annual session

Yang Liwei, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is interviewed ahead of the opening of the first session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2018. As China's first astronaut and deputy head of the China Manned Space Agency, Yang says China will increase the number and the variety of candidates when recruiting astronauts for future manned space missions, including accepting women and applicants from universities and other institutions. [Photo: China Plus/Li Jin]