(Express delivery of the two sessions) The opening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference congratulates on the death of the new crown pneumonia epidemic

  China News Agency, Beijing, May 21 (Reporter Xing Liyu) The third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened on the afternoon of the 21st in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. After the opening of the conference was announced, the participants stood up in silence for the sacrifice of martyrs and deceased compatriots.

  Zhang Qingli, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference who presided over the conference, said that after the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, after arduous efforts, the defensive battles in Wuhan and Hubei achieved decisive results. Major strategic achievements have been achieved, and overall efforts to promote epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development have achieved positive results. In this grim struggle, a group of medical personnel, cadres, workers, and community workers were killed for work, and many patients were unfortunately killed. We express our deep condolences for the sacrifice of martyrs and deceased compatriots in the New Crown Pneumonia epidemic.

  The participating Chinese leaders and 2057 CPPCC members then stood up and observed a minute of silence for the sacrifice of martyrs and dead compatriots for the new crown pneumonia epidemic. (Finish)