Chinese personalities-turned-politicians attend Two Sessions in Beijing

By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2017-03-03 17:40:53

Yao Ming, president of the Chinese Basketball Association and a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, is interviewed before the opening of the committee’s fifth session in Beijing on Friday, March 3, 2017. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

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CPPCC members attend the fifth session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC in Beijing on March 3, 2017. Photos: Cui Meng/GT

Yao Ming, president of the Chinese Basketball Association and a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), arrives before the opening of the committee’s fifth session in Beijing on Friday, March 3, 2017. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

China's former Olympic Gold medalist hurdler Liu Xiang, a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, is interviewed before the opening of the committee’s fifth session in Beijing on Friday, March 3, 2017. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

Li Yanhong, chairman and CEO of China’s Internet giant Baidu and a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, is interviewed before the opening of the committee’s fifth session in Beijing on Friday, March 3, 2017. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

Actress Song Dandan (left) and actor Huang Hong (right), both members of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, arrive at Tiananmen Square for the committee’s fifth session in Beijing on Friday, March 3, 2017. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

Actor Jackie Chan, a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, arrives before the opening of the committee’s fifth session in Beijing on Friday, March 3, 2017. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

Director Chen Kaige, a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, arrives before the opening of the committee’s fifth session in Beijing on Friday, March 3, 2017. Photo: Cui Meng/GT