China's biggest political gathering - the National People's Congress or NPC - is due to end on Thursday.
Its extensive authority includes making laws, amending the constitution and approving state budgets. But it effectively functions as a rubber-stamp parliament, approving decisions made behind closed doors by the top echelons of the Chinese Communist Party.
Still, the meetings of the NPC and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) - also known as the "two sessions" - are watched closely as they signal the priorities of the world's second-largest economy.
Our correspondents give us their biggest takeaways.
By Laura Bicker, China correspondent
