Legislators pay silent tribute to lives lost to COVID-19
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Updated: 2020-05-22 09:41
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BEIJING -- Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders on Friday mourned for lives lost to COVID-19 as the country's top legislature began its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
They joined other deputies to the National People's Congress to pay a silent tribute to martyrs who died fighting COVID-19 and compatriots who lost their lives in the epidemic.
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