Saturday, March 4, 2023

China's People's Congress Has Convened

The opening meeting of the first session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 4, 2023. Photo:VCG 

FOX News: Xi, Chinese Communist Party to tighten grip on power as People's Congress convenes 

Thousands of Communist Party members have arrived in Beijing for the beginning of a much-anticipated session of its highest legislative body. 

The National People's Congress is set to open on Saturday and expected to continue for approximately two weeks as delegates rubber-stamp a reshuffling of personnel. 

The legislative meeting — an annual event commonly called the "two sessions" — is expected to see major shake-ups at the top levels of party leadership.  

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WNU Editor: This is today's big news from the Congress .... China sets GDP growth target at around 5% for 2023, reflecting confidence in economic recovery (Global Times). 

This Congress will end later this week .... China's top political advisory body to hold annual session from March 4 to 11 (Xinhua). 

 China's People's Congress Has Convened 

 China’s top political advisory body opens annual session, highlights achievement in intl exchanges -- Global Times  

New leaders, economy to dominate China’s legislative session -- AP  

China's economy, government revamp in focus as parliament set to open -- Reuters 

Chinese parliament set to centralize CCP power -- DW  

Chinese Communist Party to Overhaul Government, Bolster Control -- VOA  

Xi Jinping to tighten Communist party’s grip with overhaul of China’s government at key meeting -- The Guardian  

What to expect from China’s ‘Two Sessions’ meeting kicking off this weekend -- CNBC

4 comments:

  1. What's sad is that Western reporting struggles to even get the acronym correct: it's CPC, not CCP. You will never see Global Times use CCP, only CPC, unlike DW...

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  2. The fluoridated waters have changed CPC to CCP while befouling our precocious bodily fluids.

    Western civilization has been destroyed.

    Thank you Nicholas Maduro.

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  3. How do you outperform a competitor when they're able to buy energy for 70% of the price that the rest of the world pays? You don't. All ya can do is just seeth about it and watch them announce a 5% per year growth forecast.

    Thanks oil sanctions!

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  4. Very true.

    This war has been a bonus for the Chinese economy.

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