Since 1993, China’s premiers have met the media after the annual gathering of the National People’s Congress (NPC), offering journalists, briefings. According to sources,the decision was made because there would be more briefings by government ministers during the annual Parliament meeting, in which senior cabinet officials will talk about issues on diplomacy, economy and people’s livelihood, NPC spokesman Lou Qinjian told reporters on March 4.ing the foreign press, a rare chance to ask questions in a typically wide-ranging news conference.
