A staff member checks a microphone on the rostrum for the opening of the second session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 3, 2014. The second session of the 12th National Committee of CPPCC, the national advisory body, is scheduled to open in Beijing on March 3. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)