BEIJING -- The National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, is to convene its annual session in Beijing on March 5 next year.

The decision to hold the Second Session of the 12th NPC in March next year was adopted at a bimonthly session of the NPC Standing Committee, which concluded here Saturday.

In addition, the presidium of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, met on Friday.

It was suggested at Friday's meeting that the second annual session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee will open on March 3, 2014.