China's Premier Li keeps first work report low key and under 1 hour

Xi Jinping's No. 2 headlines opening day of maskless National People's Congress

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Premier Li Qiang attend the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)

SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- China's National People's Congress opened here Tuesday morning with Premier Li Qiang giving an unremarkable and notably short delivery of his first yearly government work report.

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