AP News
BY KEN MORITSUGU AND ELAINE KURTENBACH
Updated 8:22 AM EST, March 4, 2024
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government said Monday it is eliminating an annual news conference by the premier that was one of the rare times a top Chinese leader took questions from journalists.
Lou Qinjian, the spokesperson for the National People’s Congress, said on the eve of the opening of the legislature’s annual session that Premier Li Qiang would not hold a news conference at its conclusion, as it has every year since 1993.