China's CPPCC opens in Beijing

Chinese top leaders and delegates attend the opening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2013. China's new advisory legislative body began its annual session commencing the once-in-a-decade power transfer to a new leadership headed by Xi Jingping from the outgoing government led by President Hu Jintao.. UPI/Stephen Shaver