Advisory: Schedules for NPC, CPPCC annual sessions on March 11

Following are the schedules for the fourth sessions of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Friday.

NPC:

-- NPC delegations will hold plenary meetings to deliberate the draft charity law in the morning.

-- NPC deputies will attend panel deliberations on the draft in the afternoon.

-- At 10 a.m., Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining will give a press conference at the press center of the two sessions.

CPPCC:

-- At 9 a.m., the 12th CPPCC National Committee will hold the third plenary meeting.

-- Members of the 12th CPPCC National Committee will attend panel discussions about hot issues in the afternoon.

-- At 2:30 p.m., five members of the 12th CPPCC National Committee will give a press conference on how to reinforce confidence in China's economic development. Endi