(Observation of the Two Sessions) The Unexpected and Reasonable First Press Conference of the National People's Congress

　　China News Agency, Beijing, March 4th (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) The fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference on the 4th.

As the first "official voice" of the annual National People's Congress, the press conference has always attracted much attention.

　　At this press conference, the speaker of the conference, Zhang Yesui, answered a total of 8 questions.

In this important public opinion field, the questions answered are reasonable and unexpected.

On March 4, the press conference of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress was held in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The spokesman of the conference, Zhang Yesui, answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on the agenda of the conference and the work of the National People's Congress.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Yu

　　It makes sense, from the past, the agenda of the conference and the work of the National People's Congress are "must-answers" for this annual conference.

In this regard, Zhang Yesui made a detailed introduction: the conference will open on the morning of March 5 and close on the morning of March 11. The conference will last for 6 and a half days, with a total of 10 agendas.

Regarding the legislation in the past year, Zhang Yesui concluded that China has strengthened legislation in key areas, emerging areas, and foreign-related areas, and the acceleration of legislation has also paid more attention to improving quality and social effects.

　　At the same time, as the first press conference of the National People's Congress, the outside world's attention to hot issues in China's internal affairs and foreign affairs, national economy and people's livelihood are also concentrated.

At the press conference, Zhang Yesui answered this one by one.

　　Regarding the whole process of people's democracy, he pointed out that democracy is not a decoration or a decoration.

Regarding the epidemic prevention policy, he said that "dynamic clearing" is not to pursue "zero infection", but to control the epidemic as soon as possible.

Regarding Sino-US relations, he bluntly said that using China's development as an excuse to treat China as a strategic competitor will only undermine Sino-US mutual trust and cooperation, and will certainly harm the US's own interests...

　　These issues collectively show the outside world's concerns about today's China.

The candid answer of the spokesperson also once again demonstrated China's sincere communication with the world.

　　This press conference also made people feel somewhat "unexpected", because foreign media rarely asked questions about China's defense and military budget.

　　It can be seen that at the five press conferences of the 12th National People's Congress, this issue was the focus of foreign media every time.

In Zhang Yesui's previous four press conferences, there were also questions and answers on this topic.

The outside world once believed that the foreign media's question about China's military spending was a "must-answer" before the spokesperson of the conference.

　　This year, foreign media did not ask questions about it, which was somewhat "surprising". Perhaps from a certain level, it showed that the outside world began to show a "common sense" about China's military spending.

　　First, China has always adhered to the path of peaceful development and strengthened national defense without targeting or threatening any country.

Second, China's defense spending has always been reasonable, appropriate, truthful and transparent, and is included in the draft national budget every year, which is reviewed and approved by the National People's Congress.

Three days later, the answer to this question will appear in the relevant report submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation, and will be presented to the outside world in its entirety.

　　From this point of view, the outside world's attention to China's military spending is "not in a hurry at this time", or it is also reasonable.

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