Coronavirus and trade war pushing China to focus on fixing economy rather than leading world order

Scant mention of Belt and Road Initiative and abandoning of annual GDP target indicates managing internal affairs dominates leaders’ attention

Decisions taken during the National People’s Congress meeting suggest the Communist Party is putting emphasis on providing jobs and social stability

Yu Jie

Published: 9:00am, 8 Jun, 2020

Updated: 9:05am, 8 Jun, 2020

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Dr Yu Jie is Senior Research Fellow on China in the Asia-Pacific Programme, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House and associate fellow at LSE IDEAS.

Coronavirus and trade war pushing China to focus on fixing economy rather than leading world order

Scant mention of Belt and Road Initiative and abandoning of annual GDP target indicates managing internal affairs dominates leaders’ attention Decisions taken during the National People’s Congress meeting suggest the Communist Party is putting emphasis on providing jobs and social stability

Scant mention of Belt and Road Initiative and abandoning of annual GDP target indicates managing internal affairs dominates leaders’ attention

Decisions taken during the National People’s Congress meeting suggest the Communist Party is putting emphasis on providing jobs and social stability