Xi Jinping joins discussion with NPC deputies from Jiangsu Province
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), talks with female deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2013. Xi joined a discussion with deputies from east China's Jiangsu Province, who attend the first session of the 12th NPC, in Beijing on Friday and expressed greetings, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, to the female NPC deputies and members of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) as well as all Chinese women for the International Women's Day. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)