China has surprisingly cancelled an important press conference for this year’s National People’s Congress. Premier Li Qiang will not hold the meeting with journalists at the end of the week-long session, National People’s Congress spokesman Lou Qinjian said in Beijing on Monday. In previous years, the press conference was always a rare opportunity for the premier to answer questions from reporters. The press conference will not take place in the coming years either, unless there are special circumstances, Lou said, but added journalists will be given more opportunities to ask questions of mini…