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China to hold annual legislative meeting in early March
- Top leaders including the new premier will be appointed at the NPC session
- Xi Jinping is expected to be confirmed as Chinese president for a third time
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China will hold its annual legislative session in early March, a gathering that will see top leaders appointed including the new premier.
The 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) will begin on March 5 in Beijing, the top legislature announced on Friday.
The session will follow up on the Communist Party’s five-yearly national congress held in October and approve key appointments.
Around 3,000 national representatives of the NPC will vote on the presidential candidate to lead the country for the next five years.
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Xi Jinping, 69, secured a groundbreaking third term as the party’s leader at the October congress and is expected to be confirmed as president for a third time. That was made possible after the constitution was amended in 2018 to remove presidential term limits.
Other positions to be appointed at the NPC session include the premier, vice-premiers and other cabinet members as well as president of the Supreme People’s Court and procurator-general of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.
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Li Qiang, 63, was anointed as the second-ranked Politburo Standing Committee member at the party congress and is widely expected to be named as the new premier.
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