Explainer: What to expect from China's annual meeting of parliament

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Thousands of delegates from across the country will gather in Beijing next week for the annual meeting of parliament, where China will announce goals for 2021 as well as its next five-year plan for economic development.

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FILE PHOTO: Chinese officials and delegates attend the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsThe annual meetings of the National People’s Congress , China’s rubber-stamp parliament, and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference , are known as the “two sessions.”

Among the most-watched parts of the agenda are the presentation of an annual work report for 2021, and the release of China’s 14th five-year plan, expected to include hundreds of pages spelling out priorities for the world’s second-largest economy up to 2025. Typically, Premier Li Keqiang and the government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, hold news conferences.China usually announces its yearly GDP growth target, although last year it did not because of economic uncertainties caused by COVID-19.

China also typically includes a projection for growth in defence spending. Last year it was 6.6%, the lowest in three decades, although an improving domestic economy and rising tensions, including over Taiwan, are expected by many analysts to spur accelerated growth this year. An average annual growth target of about 5% for the entire period is likely to be set, Reuters previously reported, down from “over 6.5%” for the previous five years.

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Lots of red and clapping

Who gives a rats ass what that poopstained country is doing? Maybe if I ever need a kidney or a liver I'll look them up.

Lots of 🐂💩

Fried rice bowls? Chinese Pizza?

*'parliament'

Plenty of dog soup that day... that’s is what I expect.

Give you another CCP virus

The place reminds me of Reichstag when we had Hitler and the nazi party, just the symbols are a bit different, but the feeling is so much same.

Lies and back channels

All I see is a tacky fireplace

You write that headline like any of us even know that China's parliament is meeting, or care. Hell, most of the people reading this don't know the lead singer of the best Parliament is george_clinton

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