The second session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress opens in Nanjing, January 23, 2024. (Photo from Xinhua Daily)

Jiangsu’s “two sessions" refers to the annual meetings of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, the province’s top legislature, and the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a political advisory body.

Deputies rise and sing the national anthem at the second session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress in Nanjing, January 23, 2024. (Photo from Xinhua Daily)

Deputies to the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress arrive for the annual session, January 23, 2024. (Photo from Xinhua Daily)

Deputies listen to the government work report delivered at the second session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress in Nanjing, January 23, 2024. (Photo from Xinhua Daily)

Deputies listen to the government work report delivered at the second session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress in Nanjing, January 23, 2024. (Photo from Xinhua Daily)

Deputies hold a group discussion of the government work report delivered at the second session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress in Nanjing, January 23, 2024. (Photo from Xinhua Daily)

Members of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference hold a group discussion of the government work report, January 23, 2024. (Photo from Xinhua Daily)