{"id":8622,"date":"2017-03-04T22:39:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T22:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/china-to-deliver-economic-report-card-at-lawmakers-meeting\/"},"modified":"2017-03-04T22:39:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T22:39:05","slug":"china-to-deliver-economic-report-card-at-lawmakers-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/china-to-deliver-economic-report-card-at-lawmakers-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"China to deliver economic report card at lawmakers&#8217; meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A paramilitary guard stands at the gate of the Forbidden City ahead of the upcoming opening sessions of the Chinese People&#039;s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People&#039;s Congress (NPC) in Beijing on 1 March 2017\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1400A\/production\/_94903918_gettyimages-646672122.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  AFP<figcaption>Image caption                                      The NPC and its advisory body hold ceremonial meetings every year within the Forbidden City in Beijing                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is due to deliver the country&#039;s economic report card to the National People&#039;s Congress (NPC) in the capital Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>More than 3,000 legislators are meeting in the Great Hall of the People starting Sunday for 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>They are expected to discuss ways to reform the economy while tackling pollution that has sparked public anger.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese economy expanded at its slowest pace in 26 years in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The rubber-stamp parliament and its advisory body hold ceremonial meetings every year known as &quot;lianghui&quot; or &quot;two sessions&quot;. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Simpson: Beijing&#039;s sharp turn to authoritarianism <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Why China&#039;s people&#039;s congress matters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NPC&#039;s advisory body, the Chinese People&#039;s Political Consultative Conference, began its meeting on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>State news agency Xinhua said legislators and advisors would, among other issues, discuss globalisation &quot;at a time when certain Western powers are retreating into protectionism and isolation&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>The meetings are the first since the election of US President Donald Trump, who has called for higher tariffs on Chinese imports.<\/p>\n<p>Xinhua also reported that national defence and relations with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau would also be discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Li is also expected to provide more detail on Sunday about the country&#039;s defence budget, which is planned to rise by 7%.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#039;s &quot;lianghui&quot; comes ahead of a major Chinese Communist Party congress, due to be held later this year.<\/p>\n<p>That congress will confirm party chief and president Xi Jinping&#039;s second term in office, as well as announce changes in the party&#039;s top leadership.<\/p>\n<p><a rel='nofollow' href=http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-china-39137294 target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright AFPImage caption The NPC and its advisory body hold ceremonial meetings every year within the Forbidden City in Beijing Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is due to deliver the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}