Lieutenant Commander Zhu Yuemeng, a deputy in the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), attends an interview portion of the “Two Sessions” in Beijing on Sunday. Born in 1990, Zhu serves as a political instructor on the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning. Photo: VCG

Xu Fengcan, 23, is a Z-20 helicopter pilot under the PLA 75th Group Army. It was Xu’s first time being elected as a deputy to the NPC. Photo: Courtesy of CCTV

Li Nannan tends to patients at a nursing home in East China’s Jiangsu province, where she has worked for over a decade. Li, who was born in 1990, suggested improving the performance evaluation system for paramedics and providing them allowances at this year’s “Two Sessions.” Photo: Xinhua

Born in 1991, Wang Hong (right) is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the China University of Mining and Technology. At this year’s “Two Sessions,” Wang encouraged college graduates to seek job opportunities in small cities and rural areas. Photo: Courtesy of China University of Mining and Technology

Gao Ke, 26, is the youngest deputy in Central China’s Henan to be elected to the 14th NPC. She is a substation maintenance engineer in Xinxiang Power Supply Co. of State Grid Henan Electric Power Co. Ltd. Photo: Courtesy of State Grid Corporation of China

Thirty-year-old Zhang Zhiju became an NPC deputy for the first time this year. In 2017, she returned to Shanqi town in East China’s Anhui province to care for her foster father and later opened an agricultural cooperative with other villagers to sell local products. Photo: VCG

Born in 1992, Tie Feiyan became a deputy for Southwest China’s Yunnan province at the 12th NPC in 2013. At this year’s “Two Sessions,” Tie suggested improving rural schools’ facilities and providing higher salaries for rural teachers. Photo: IC Photo

China’s 24-year-old Olympic Champion Zhang Yufei proposed to improve teenagers’ physical education at this year’s “Two Sessions.” Women account for 26.54% of the 2,977 deputies in the current NPC, an increase of 1.64% points from the 13th NPC. Photo: VCG

Yang Jinlong (right), 28, is a teacher at the Hangzhou Technician Institute in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province. He was a champion of the 43rd World Skills Competition in an automotive spray paint project. Photo: VCG

Thirty-two-year-old Shi Yancai is the chief welding technician at China National Nuclear Corporation’s Fuqing branch. Born in a rural area in Northwest China’s Qinghai province, Shi spent 15 years becoming a master welder. Photo: Courtesy of China National Nuclear Corporation

The 27-year-old construction worker Zou Bin (center) was re-elected this year as a deputy to the NPC. Born in a small village in Central China’s Hunan province, Zou became the first Chinese worker to win a medal in bricklaying at the WorldSkills Competition in 2015. Photo: Xue Yuke/Xinhua

Zhang Zhongshan, 29, is the chairman of an agricultural cooperative in Dongxiang Autonomous County in Northwest China’s Gansu province. He became a deputy of the 14th NPC after contributing to reducing poverty in the county by raising and selling sheep. Photo: Yang Yanmin/China News Service, VCG

Jilie Ziri speaks at a session of the 14th NPC in Beijing on Sunday. Born in 1995, he serves as the secretary of the Abuluoha Village Branch of the Communist Party of China in Southwest China’s Sichuan province. Photo: Courtesy of the publicity department of Jinyang county