From Wall Street Journal, via China Daily (link):
China’s legislature is taking on a new role: a target for interest groups to lobby.
With nearly 3,000 delegates gathered in the capital until next week for the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress, some representatives of different interest groups have also flocked to Beijing. They have been seeking to win the ears of delegates on the sidelines of the 10-day meeting on issues from tax policy to antidiscrimination measures for hepatitis B carriers.