The plenary session was postponed for the first time in decades by the Committee of the National People's Congress of China due to the coronavirus. Congress had not been suspended since the 1970s, not even because of the SARS outbreak in 2003. Even President XI Jinping said the crisis is complex and severe, and that its prevention is going through a critical stage.
Postpone the session of the Chinese congress for coronavirus
2020-02-24T22:48:06.159Z
The plenary session was postponed for the first time in decades by the Committee of the National People's Congress of China due to the coronavirus. Congress had not been suspended since the 1970s, ...