China's national strategy of reviving the ancient Silk Road is expected to benefit its neighbors and other countries along the route, according to foreign journalists reporting on the two sessions.

Alberto Lebron, a journalist from Spanish International Economics, said that by reviving the ancient trade route, China will enhance free trade with Asian, European and African countries.

"Free trade is always good because it could improve people's livelihoods," said Lebron, who has covered the annual sessions of China's top legislature and the country's top political advisory body for five years.