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BEIJING: China began the first of its “Two Sessions” meetings on Wednesday, a grand political theatre during which it will outline its annual growth target and defence budget, as well as its roadmap for the next five years.
Analysts, however, fear Beijing will not veer far from its current path despite the need for reform.
President Xi Jinping is overseeing a week of political meetings in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People that will effectively rubber-stamp decisions already made by the Chinese leader and the ruling Communist Party.
China’s 15th Five-Year Plan will be the showpiece of the annual gathering, which opened on Wednesday with the start of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a political advisory body.
