Also Read |Is China’s economy in the doldrums? Proceedings kick off Monday at 3:00 p.m. (0700 GMT) with the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) - attended by President Xi Jinping and other party top brass - which will last until Sunday, March 10. At a press conference on March 3, CPPCC spokesperson Liu Jieyi said that "economic topics are of great concern" to the body's more than two thousand members. The NPC begins on March 5 and runs until March 11, spokesperson Lou Qinjian told a press conference on Monday. The meetings are not expected to see the unveiling of big-ticket bailouts that experts say are needed to stimulate China's economy, which last year posted some of its lowest growth in decades.

Source: The Hindu March 04, 2024 08:32 UTC