Attendants prepare ahead of the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 5, 2017. Chinese authorities on Sunday also released the Ministry of Finance’s budget report and the national planning agency’s draft plan for economic and social development. Online versions of the reports typically don’t show up on official websites until much later, so China Real Time has scanned and uploaded the files, in both English and Chinese, in text-searchable format. As we’ve noted in past years, the reports are loaded with political jargon and can be dry as toast, but they give an important sense of the government’s feelings about the economy and plans for the year. Report on the Work of the Government (Premier Li Keqiang)National Development and Reform Commission Draft Plan for National Economic and Social DevelopmentMinistry of Finance Budget ReportOther reports: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 05, 2017 03:00 UTC