February 2nd is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Little New Year in northern China. Fuqiang spent his young years at the hotel where the Two Sessions were held in Inner Mongolia.

Xue Zhilong, a representative of the National People's Congress, also laughed constantly on the New Year's Day. Yue Yanmei, chairman of the Ulanqab Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, said that as a newly member of the CPPCC, her speech at the conference was the most exciting for her.