A diversified and professional system of financial products and services should be built, and market-oriented financial innovation and development must be constantly promoted under the rule of law.

Chan announced the expected growth figures as he delivered the special administrative region's 2024-25 budget. Last year, the city's economy grew 3.2 percent.

NEVs are expected to see their popularity grow in China, accounting for 40 percent of total new car sales this year and roughly 50 percent in 2025, said Ouyang Minggao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

As of 2023, China's infant mortality rate has dropped to 4.5 per 1,000, the mortality rate among children under five reached 6.2 per 1,000, and the maternal mortality rate decreased to 15.1 per 100,000, the NHC data shows.

Organized by China's State Council Information Office, the group also toured an exhibition on Chinese civilization at the Chinese Archaeological Museum ahead of the lecture.

It is necessary to put the solidarity and cooperation of the international community in an important position and seek the broadest consensus of the international community, Wang said.

Tourists visit the Sun Island scenic spot in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 26, 2024.

Photos taken on Feb. 26, 2024 show fishermen working at a marine ranch in Ailun Bay of Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province.

More than 3,000 journalists registered to cover the two sessions, including more than 1,000 from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and abroad.

The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Shanghai Museum in China signed a cooperation protocol in Cairo, Egypt on Feb 25, agreeing to hold an exhibition of ancient Egyptian cultural relics in Shanghai.