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became Premier in 2023, only one press conference has been held since. Starting in 2024, it was officially announced that, barring special circumstances, there would no longer be Premier's press conferences in the years following the
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Premier Li Qiang meets the press after the closing of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 13, 2023
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as Premier of the State Council, a press conference was held each year after the closing of the National People's Congress sessions. When
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On March 4, 2024, a spokesperson said China's Premier Li Qiang will not brief the media at the close of the Second Session of the
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of China, with both domestic and foreign journalists. The Premier's press conference started in 1988 when Premier
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The tradition of holding a press conference with the premier traced back to 1988, after the first session of
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attended the press conference following the conclusion of the Third Session of the
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sessions, and its duration extended to two and a half hours. During the tenures of
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After 1993, the Premier's press conferences tended toward normalization. When
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became Premier in 1998, the press conference became a focal point of the
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was invited to meet the press. It was also from that time onwards that
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Press conference by the government of the People's Republic of China
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the Rules of Procedure of the National People's Congress
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accepted an invitation from the spokesperson of the
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Press Conference of the Premier of the State Council
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Draft:Press Conference of the Premier of the State Council

Li Keqiang
Premier of the State Council
head of government
Li Peng
7th National People's Congress
mainland China
Hong Kong
Macau
Taiwan
Zhu Rongji
National People's Congress
Wen Jiabao
Li Keqiang
Li Qiang
current National People's Congress session

7th National People's Congress
Li Peng
China Central Television
Wen Jiabao
Cultural Revolution
11th National People's Congress
Bo Xilai
Mao Zedong
Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary
Chongqing
Li Keqiang
13th National People's Congress

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