Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers wearing protective face masks march past the entrance to the Forbidden City on the first day of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Friday, May 22, 2020. China held the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Thursday and the NPC on Friday, after the two major political meetings initially planned to be held in March, 2020 were postponed amid the ongoing new coronavirus pandemic. (Roman Pilipey/Pool Photo via AP), APTOPIX