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Minority delegates are surrounded by photographers as they arrive at the Great Hall of the People to attend the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, Sunday, March 5, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Delegates attend the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Sunday, March 5, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-hwa, lower right, and current Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, left at second row, attend the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Sunday, March 5, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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From front left, Wang Qishan, Yu Zhengsheng, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, and Liu Yunshan stand during the start of the opening session of China's annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Sunday, March 5, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Chinese paramilitary firefighters march as delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) arrive for the opening session of the CPPCC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 3, 2017. Thousands of delegates have gathered at the Chinese capital for the opening of the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which advises the rubberstamp parliament, whose annual session begins Sunday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Bus ushers jump as they pose for photographs in front of the Great Hall of the People during the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, Friday, March 3, 2017. Thousands of delegates have gathered at the Chinese capital for the opening of the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which advises the rubberstamp parliament, whose annual session begins Sunday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2017, file photo, Chinese men wearing masks to filter the pollution walk on a bridge near building shrouded by fog and pollution in Beijing. Yet the city’s average reading of the tiny particulate matter PM2.5 - considered a good gauge of air pollution - is still seven times what the World Health Organization considers safe. A group of Chinese lawyers is suing the governments of Beijing and its surrounding areas for not doing enough to get rid of the smog. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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In this Feb. 21, 2017 photo, commuters, some wearing masks, walk to a subway station to a subway station during the evening rush hour in Beijing. Yet the city’s average reading of the tiny particulate matter PM2.5 - considered a good gauge of air pollution - is still seven times what the World Health Organization considers safe. A group of Chinese lawyers is suing the governments of Beijing and its surrounding areas for not doing enough to get rid of the smog. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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China has kept its emissions in check in recent years but now shows a massive rise in pollution. Under the Paris pact, China agreed to cap its emissions by 2030, meaning it is still free to increase pollution. (Associated Press/File)
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In this Dec. 22, 2016 photo, Cai Fujian speaks during an interview as he visits the Temple of Heaven with friends in Beijing. When the smog descends over northern China, turning blue skies gray and thickening the air, 65-year-old Cai can feel his lungs tightening. He begins to cough. For weeks at a time, China's smog transforms cities across the industrial north into quiet, gray shells of their normal selves. The Associated Press visited several spots in Beijing in late December during and after a smog "red alert," and used a 360-degree camera to record the difference at each location. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, second right, during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. dos Santos announced Friday Feb. 3, 2017, in an address to his ruling MPLA party that he will not run in elections scheduled for August 2017, ending his 38 years in power.(Wang Zhao/FILE via AP)
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FILE - In this July 12, 2016 file image made from video, Lu Kang, the most senior spokesman of China's Foreign Affairs Ministry, speaks to reporters about the international tribunal's ruling on the South China Sea during a news briefing in Beijing. The new U.S. administration is heating up rhetoric over the South China Sea with a promise to challenge China’s occupation of disputed islands. Beijing is responding cautiously, appealing for calm and direct negotiations involving claimants. China immediately responded with Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying saying the U.S. is not a party to the disputes and should stay away. The comments at the regular briefing in Beijing were followed up by Lu on NBC News, who said “there might be a difference [of opinion] over the sovereignty of these islands but it's not for the United States.” “That's not international territories, that's Chinese territories," said Lu. (AP Photo, File)
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A star is twinkling above a pedestrian wearing a mask silhouetted against the city skyline shrouded in heavy smog in Beijing Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Beijing and other cities across northern and central China were shrouded in thick smog Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, prompting authorities to delay dozens of flights and close highways. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A pedestrian wearing a mask looks back while passing by a slogan that reads: "If you want to go out, please take a public bus" in Beijing Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Beijing and other cities across northern and central China were shrouded in thick smog Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, prompting authorities to delay dozens of flights and close highways. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 photo, a woman buys a sugar-coated haws on a stick at a street vendor in Beijing. Sugar-coated haws, also known as "Tanghulu," is a traditional Chinese candied snack popular in northern China, especially in Beijing during the winter season. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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A man on crutches wears a mask as he walks past graffiti of a dragon on a street in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Thick, gray smog fell over Beijing on Tuesday, choking China's capital in a haze that spurred authorities to cancel flights and close some highways in emergency measures to cut down on air pollution.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A woman wearing a mask for protection against air pollution walks across a road in Beijing as the capital of China is shrouded by heavy smog on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Thick, gray smog fell over Beijing on Tuesday, choking China's capital in a haze that spurred authorities to cancel flights and close some highways in emergency measures to cut down on air pollution. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A Chinese national flag flutters against buildings in Beijing as the capital of China is shrouded by heavy smog on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Thick, gray smog fell over Beijing on Tuesday, choking China's capital in a haze that spurred authorities to cancel flights and close some highways in emergency measures to cut down on air pollution. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A woman is reflected on a window of China World Summit Wing Hotel in Beijing as the capital of China is shrouded by heavy smog on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Thick, gray smog fell over Beijing on Tuesday, choking China's capital in a haze that spurred authorities to cancel flights and close some highways in emergency measures to cut down on air pollution. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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China's state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters and construction buildings at the Central Business District are shrouded by heavy smog in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Thick, gray smog fell over Beijing on Tuesday, choking China's capital in a haze that spurred authorities to cancel flights and close some highways in emergency measures to cut down on air pollution. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
