Youths play basketball outside a school in a village inhabited by members of the Tibetan Minority near the town of Langmusi, southwestern China's Sichuan Province, March 1, 2007.

China's annual parliament session, which opens on March 5, is expected to pledge more funding for rural schools as the leadership under President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao attempts to correct disparities between booming cities and the impoverished hinterland.