This year’s gathering of China’s official lawmaking and top political advisory bodies, which will rubber-stamp laws and policies decided by the ruling Communist party, will be closely watched as it is the first to be held since President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang formally took the reins of government, writes Jamil Anderlini in Beijing.
Each year there is talk about whether or not these gatherings of China’s National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress remain just a political pageant, or if the party is allowing more debate to creep in. The main topics at this week’s event are likely to include:
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