With that in mind, let's hear what ministers and CPPCC members have been telling the press.

ZHANG JUN MINISTER OF JUSTICE "Serving prisoners have to return to society. The proportion of conditional release for criminals is low at 2 percent, obviously going against the spirit of the law. We will strive to sharply increase this proportion in future works."

WANG GUOQIANG, DIRECTOR STATE ADMINISTRATION OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE "China has set up 17 Chinese medicine centers overseas and worked on international standards in terms of Chinese medicine. In fact, we have done a lot to promote our traditional medicine globally. But we should also be aware that although Chinese medicine is well-recognized outside China, it still takes time to go global."

YANG LIWEI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CHINA'S MANNED SPACE PROGRAM OFFICE "We have the ability to build a space station. Despite a lack of launching activities this year, our research development will continue. New types of launching rockets are being researched and developed. We will select a third group of aeronautic professionals. This time the selection will be different in terms of the number of the astronauts and the duration of the space mission, which used to be 2 to 3 years. During the construction and operation of our own space station, we will have at least 2 launches every year."

YANG YANG, CHAIRWOMAN ATHLETES' COMMISSION OF BEIJING 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS "We have two goals: first, we will compete in all the events of the Winter Olympics for a full involvement; second, we will strive for breakthroughs in our dominant and relatively-dominant events and, of course, for more gold medals."