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Rain and snow hit Beijing Tuesday, bringing a winter scene to the city in early spring, March 20, 2013.
Students learn to balance eggs at a primary school in Zhejiang province on March 19, 2013, a day before the spring equinox in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Cherry blossoms in full bloom at Moshan, a scenic spot in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, March 18, 2013.
A village resident holds a pile of hailstones collected from the ground in Phoenix village, Laibin city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on March 18, 2013.
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More than 100 dogs of over 30 breeds participated in a beauty contest in Nanning, March 17, 2013.
A night heron looks for food in a lotus pond at the Taipei Botanical Garden on March 17, 2013.
Li asks public to supervise government
Though the "two sessions" are an offi cial occasion, the participants share many informal moments too.
Each blooming season, hundreds of thousands people flock to the university for the cherry blossoms. To control the number of visitors this year, the university has raised the admission price from last year’s 10 yuan ($1.60) to 20 yuan.
Axi people dressed as their ancestors dance during a ritual ceremony in Hongwan village of Mile county, Yunan province, March 14, 2013.
Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Li Keqiang at the fifth plenary meeting of the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2013.