A sense protect the leadership from this virus but also of course there are more than just 3000. 00 delegates you have journalists and staff in total about 8000. 00 people gathered in the great hall of the people for this annual session now the n. P. C. Is important because it illustrates the sort of legitimacy of the party its powerful symbolism this is when we see all chinas leaders on public show well thats not going to happen and we dont know when the m. P. C. Will convene visit because of course we still have no idea really when this virus will finally be brought under control on sunday night president xi jinping told the people of china there have been shortcomings by the government in the response to this crisis were not sure by that whether he was referring to the Central Government or the provincial government in harm but certainly he stressed that this was a very serious moment for china he said that this was the biggest Public Health crisis china had confronted since the fou