BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining will meet the press at the media center of the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) at 4:15 p.m. Thursday.

Xiao Yaqing, head of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, will meet the media on state-owned enterprises reforms at 2:30 p.m.

A press conference on draft general provisions of the civil law will be held at 10:45 a.m.