President Xi Jinping votes on changes to Hong Kong’s election system during the closing session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11. Photo: AFP
President Xi Jinping votes on changes to Hong Kong’s election system during the closing session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11. Photo: AFP
Chaoping Zhu
Opinion

Opinion

Macroscope by Chaoping Zhu

China’s ‘two sessions’: ambitious but practical goals in five-year plan target high-quality growth

  • Innovation and technological development are the foremost drivers of productivity growth and thus are the top priority in the new five-year plan
  • Investment in frontier fields, R&D, new infrastructure, green manufacturing and more form the core of China’s plans for long-term growth

President Xi Jinping votes on changes to Hong Kong’s election system during the closing session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11. Photo: AFP
President Xi Jinping votes on changes to Hong Kong’s election system during the closing session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11. Photo: AFP
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