Journalists raise hands to ask questions during a plenary meeting of deputies to the Fifth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) from east China's Shanghai in Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2012. The plenary meeting of Shanghai delegation held on Tuesday was opened to media. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

Following are the agendas for the fifth sessions of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Wednesday.

NPC:

-- At 9 a.m., NPC deputies will examine a draft report on the implementation of the 2011 plan for national economic and social development, and on the 2012 plan for national economic and social development.

The deputies will also examine a draft report on the implementation of the central and local budgets for 2011 and on the central and local budgets for 2012.

-- At 9 a.m. panel discussions by delegations from the provinces of Hebei, Anhui, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Gansu and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will be open to journalists. Details of the locations are available at www.npc.gov.cn/pc/11_5.

-- At 10 a.m., Minister of Commerce Chen Deming will give a press conference on expanding consumption, promoting circulation and developing foreign trade at the press center for the two sessions.

-- At 2:30 p.m., Yin Weimin, minister of human resources and social security, will give a press conference on employment situation and social security at the press center for the two sessions.

-- At 3 p.m., NPC deputies will examine a draft report on the implementation of the 2011 plan for national economic and social development, and on the 2012 plan for national economic and social development.

The deputies will also examine a draft report on the implementation of the central and local budgets for 2011 and on the central and local budgets for 2012.

-- At 3 p.m., panel discussions by delegations from the provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong and Tibet Autonomous Region will be open to journalists. Details of the locations are available at www.npc.gov.cn/pc/11_5.

CPPCC:

-- At 9 a.m., members of the 11th CPPCC National Committee will hold panel discussions on the government work report.

-- At 3 p.m., members of the 11th CPPCC National Committee will hold panel discussions on the government work report.

-- At 3 p.m., panel discussions about the government work report will be open to journalists from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign countries in three locations. Details of the activities can be found at www.cppcc.people.com.cn.