Zhao Leji, Wang Yang, Li Keqiang, Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao, Li Zhanshu, Wang Huning and Han Zheng (from left to right), attend the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday. Photo: Li Xueren/Xinhua

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC on behalf of the 19th CPC Central Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday. Photo: Yao Dawei/Xinhua

A total of 2,310 of the 2,379 elected and specially invited delegates to the 20th CPC National Congress attend the meeting. The delegates come from all walks of life, various administrative levels and different institutions, including party and government departments, enterprises, public institutions and people’s organizations. Photo: Yue Huawei/Xinhua

Delegates are expected to hear and examine a report of the 19th CPC Central Committee, examine a work report of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, deliberate and adopt an amendment to the Party Constitution and elect the 20th CPC Central Committee and the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Photo: Yan Yan/Xinhua　

Academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering Zhu Youyong, the first female taikonaut to live in China’s space station and perform spacewalks Wang Yaping and the first Chinese male skater to win an Olympic gold medal in short track Wu Dajing (from left to right), attend an interview before the open ceremony in Beijing on Sunday. Photo: Jin Liangkuai/Xinhua

Workers at FAW Group’s Hongqi Fanrong plant in Changchun, Northeast China’s Jilin province, watch the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the CPC on Sunday. Photo: Yan Linyun/Xinhua

A journalist asks a question via video link during a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing 20th National Congress of the CPC in Beijing on Monday. The Press Center hosts a press conference on Monday to brief journalists on the topic of how China will apply its new concepts of development and promote high-quality development. Photo: Chen Yehua/Xinhua

Journalists attend a press conference via video link in Beijing on Monday. Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said it is a misunderstanding that China will become a “self-sufficient economy” at the press conference. Photo: Chen Yehua/Xinhua