BEIJING -- China's annual National People's Congress got underway in Beijing on Monday, with Wang Qishan drawing particular attention near the center of the political action.
The 69-year-old right-hand man of President Xi Jinping stepped down from the Communist Party's highest decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, last October. But he remains in the legislature and there is lingering speculation he may be named vice president or to some other key post.