Every night we're recapping the day's most important developments. Today, we review a press conference by the education ministry and look ahead to the conclusion of the National People's Congress.

As China enters the final stages of this year's political season, key state leadership positions will be determined over the coming days.

At a presidium meeting today -- presided over by Li Zhanshu, chairman of the NPC standing executive committee --deputies agreed that a vote would be held during tomorrow's plenary meeting to decide the positions of president and vice president of the state, chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China as well as the chairman, vice chairpersons and secretary-general of the 13th NPC Standing Committee. A list of candidates has been prepared for all positions.

They also determined that a draft resolution on restructuring the State Council institutions would be voted on during the meeting.

The Education ministry also held a press conference today. Minister Chen Baosheng took questions on the achievements and challenges of the Chinese system. The first one was regarding the issue of overcrowded classrooms.

CHEN BAOSHENG EDUCATION MINISTER "When building new residential communities, we need to make sure there're schools built around them. As for rural areas with less education resources, we need to build teaching outlets and boarding schools to make sure students can enjoy high quality education locally."

It seems it's not just classrooms that are being overwhelmed, so are the students. They have too much homework and extra training to do after class, leaving them little time to really enjoy life. Chen Baosheng said reducing such burdens was a major concern for students and their parents, but to resolve the problem requires efforts on all sides.

Chen said China will build a new evaluation system that's not only based on test scores. Chen asked teachers not to force students to attend unnecessary training classes. The minister also called on parents not to believe the philosophy of success touted by many training institutions. He said parents should focus on children's healthy development.