Press Conference of the Premier of the State Council

[3] When Zhu Rongji became Premier in 1998, the press conference became a focal point of the National People's Congress sessions, and its duration extended to two and a half hours.

[2] During the tenures of Wen Jiabao and Li Keqiang as Premier of the State Council, a press conference was held each year after the closing of the National People's Congress sessions.

Starting in 2024, it was officially announced that, barring special circumstances, there would no longer be Premier's press conferences in the years following the current National People's Congress session.

[6] In March 2012, Premier Wen Jiabao, in his final major press conference, emphasized the need for political openness and warned against the potential reoccurrence of historic tragedies like the Cultural Revolution after the fifth session of the 11th National People's Congress.

This statement sparked widespread controversy, especially considering that 2020 was designated by the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, as the year to eradicate absolute poverty.