Female attendants work before the opening meeting of the third session of China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

　　A female journalist works at the Great Hall of the People during the opening meeing of the third session of the12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 3, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

　　Female journalists interview a deputy to China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

　　A female journalist raises a voice recorder to record the speeches of deputies during a panel discussion of deputies to China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Li Ran)

　　 A female member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sings folk songs with other female members at the intervals of the third session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Li He)

　　A female attendant works at a hotel reserved as an accommodation for deputies to China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

　　 A female journalist asks questions during a press conference of the third session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)in Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Cai Yang)

　　Female deputies to China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) walk to the Great Hall of the People before the opening meeting of the third session of the 12th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

　　Dilinar Abdulla, a female deputy to China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region takes a note during a panel discussion in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

　　A journalist works during a panel discussion of deputies to China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from south China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2015. The International Women's Day falls on March 8, during the ongoing sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (Xinhua/Li Xiang)