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Main take aways of the National People’s Congress 2022, with Nis Grünberg
MERICS China Podcast
English - March 23, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNews china europe economy politics society digital investment geopolitics security chinese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The “two sessions”, the National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), wrapped up in Beijing on March 11. In this episode, MERICS Lead Analyst Nis Grünberg discusses the main outcomes of these important annual meetings, which generally offer a window into the central government’s priorities. These include an ambitious GDP growth target of 5.5 percent, a focus on stability amid international turbulence, a refocus on energy security rather than emission reductions and an increase in defense spending by 7.1 percent. Grünberg also explains how changes to the so-called Organic Law try to strengthen Xi’s control over decisions taken in provinces and other lower administrative levels. Questions by Johannes Heller-John, Communications Manager at MERICS.