Schedules for NPC, CPPCC annual sessions -- March 11

Following are the schedules for the third sessions of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Wednesday.[Special coverage]

NPC:

-- NPC deputies will take one day off.

-- At 5 p.m., executive chairpersons of the session's presidium will hold the first meeting.

-- At 10:45 a.m., Wan Gang, minister of science and technology, will give a press conference at the press center of the two sessions.

CPPCC:

-- At 9 a.m., members of the 12th CPPCC National Committee will hold panel discussions about this year's work and work plan for 2015.

-- At 3 p.m.,the 12th CPPCC National Committee will hold the fourth plenary session.