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Two Sessions 2022 (Lianghui): Top Priorities

Two Sessions 2022 (Lianghui): Top Priorities
Two Sessions refers to China's annual parliamentary meetings, where the two main political bodies of China - the National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) - reveal plans for China's policies involving the economy, military, trade, diplomacy, the environment and more.
China has vowed to offer up a variety of “oxygen-supplying” measures to help counter risks to economic growth in 2022. Photo: Xinhua
Two Sessions 2022

Explainer | 6 takeaways from China’s ‘two sessions’ and the economic turmoil that followed

Optimism and vows of stability at Beijing’s annual parliamentary sessions were followed by stock market turmoil and growing concerns over the Ukraine war’s impact on China.

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As Beijing tries to allay small-business fears, is it enough to ease minds?

‘Do not believe nor circulate’ attempts to question China’s basic economic system, China’s CPPCC chairman tells representatives of business communities at ‘two sessions’ gathering.

China’s smallest businesses, most of which are privately owned, were failing at a historic pace last year. Photo: Getty Images
China's population

From AI to tax cuts, China grasps for solutions to population crisis

Delegates at China’s ‘two sessions’ have raised pronatalist proposals to boost births such as encouraging postgraduate students to get married and greater use of artificial intelligence in education to reduce costs.

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Self-reliance underscored as China’s top economic priority amid turbulent times

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang puts the focus on secure industrial chains and technological breakthroughs at the opening of the National People’s Congress on Saturday.

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Two Sessions 2022

Looking inward, Li Keqiang focuses on China’s bottom line

Jobs, stability and risk control dominate the priorities for the coming year in the government’s annual work report.

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This year is expected to be the last time s Premier Li Keqiang delivers the government work report. Photo: AFP
China GDP

China strikes cautious note with lowest GDP target since 1991

Despite China’s experience in tackling major risks, great efforts will be needed to achieve the target economic growth target of ‘around 5.5 per cent’, Premier Li Keqiang tells lawmakers.

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Two Sessions 2022

China’s zero-Covid policy to stay but may be fine-tuned, premier says

Hong Kong’s spiralling Covid-19 crisis could convince central leadership of dangers of easing rules too soon, observer says.

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Two Sessions 2022

China’s lithium industry calls to ‘accelerate’ exploitation of major deposits

Sichuan province has one of China’s richest and most accessible reserves of lithium, and mining more of the critical resource there would reduce the nation’s dependency on imports.

Lithium batteries are made at a plant in China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
Two Sessions 2022

Ahead of China’s ‘two sessions’ work report, analysts expect economic prudence

An expected rebound in infrastructure investment growth may only partially offset economic headwinds, but Beijing has made it clear that debt-reduction and stability are atop its policy goals for 2022.

China’s annual ‘two sessions’ parliamentary meetings kick off on Friday in Beijing as economic pressure looms large. Photo: Bloomberg
Two Sessions 2022

China must lift all birth restrictions amid demographic crisis, delegates urge

China’s rapidly slowing population growth and dwindling fertility rate have set off alarms for urgent measures to be laid out in Beijing’s annual ‘two-sessions’ parliamentary gatherings.

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Two Sessions 2022

China-Germany investment enters new era of uncertainty post-Merkel

Germany is still a go-to destination for Chinese firms looking to acquire hi-tech goods, but broader tensions between Beijing and Europe are clouding the investment outlook.

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Two Sessions 2022

Zero-Covid under the microscope at China’s ‘two sessions’

China’s top officials will lay out economic policies at the ‘two sessions’ in Beijing starting Friday, including proposals on adjusting the country’s hardline coronavirus controls.

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China’s hardline Covid policy is increasingly at odds with the rest of the world, which is relaxing coronavirus restrictions. Photo: Reuters
Two Sessions 2022

Why China’s private sector is struggling, while state firms are thriving

China’s private sector contributes the lion’s share of its GDP and tax revenue, but it’s feeling the economic strain, while central state-owned enterprises report “best profitability growth in history”.

The new Beijing Stock Exchange displays stock prices. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song
China's economic recovery

China’s economy suffers blow as stimulus fails to jolt construction

Recent data suggests there is no real turnaround in China’s construction industry yet, with the slow start to the year leading some economists to downgrade their growth forecasts.

China stock market

Traders count on China’s ‘two sessions’ to rescue stocks by boosting growth

Beijing will make stabilising growth the top priority at the upcoming NPC and CPPCC gatherings, according to investment banks, providing a welcome tonic for the beleaguered stock market.

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Two Sessions 2022

Explainer | What can we expect from China’s 2022 ‘two sessions’ as Beijing plots course?

China’s ‘two sessions’ meetings of top leaders begins this year on March 4 in Beijing, and will lay out major policies involving the economy, trade, diplomacy, the environment and more.

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The “two sessions”, which is the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), begins this year on March 5 in Beijing. Photo: EPA-EFE
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