Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L, front), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with female deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2014. Xi joined a discussion with deputies from southwest China's Guizhou Province attending the second session of the 12th NPC in Beijing on Friday and expressed greetings, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, to the female NPC deputies and members of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) as well as all Chinese women for the International Women's Day which falls on March 8. [Xinhua]