National political advisers have their first "passage interviews" at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing this afternoon.

National political advisers are interviewed at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday afternoon [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]

Passage interviews got their name because they usually take place on walkways leading to the main hall of the Great Hall of the People before or after plenary meetings of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

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5G smartphones set for mass adoption by 2020: Zhang Yunyong

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Smartphones capable of delivering 5G speeds will be available in the second half of this year, and 5G smartphones are set for mass adoption in early 2020, said Zhang Yunyong, national political adviser and president of the China Unicom Research Institute.