Wu Bangguo, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, and Gu Xiulian, vice-chairwoman of the NPC Standing Committee, meet with representatives attending the 5th Asian Women Parliamentarians' and Ministers' Conference on Nov 28, 2007 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.(photo by Wang Xinqing) 

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress(NPC), meets with a representative attending the 5th Asian Women Parliamentarians' and Ministers' Conference on Nov 28, 2007 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.(photo by Wang Xinqing)

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, meets with a representative attending the 5th Asian Women Parliamentarians' and Ministers' Conference on Nov 28, 2007 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.(photo by Wang Xinqing) 

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, and Gu Xiulian, vice-chairwoman of the NPC Standing Committee, meet with representatives attending the 5th Asian Women Parliamentarians' and Ministers' Conference and join them in the taking of a group photo on Nov 28, 2007 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.(photo by Wang Xinqing)