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National People's Congress (NPC)
Latest news and updates about the National People's Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature. It holds one full session annually to vote on new laws and amendments, and review government’s work and policies. The NPC has about 3,000 members who are elected for five-year terms.
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9 September, 2024
A political analyst has said Beijing might be eager to reinforce its stance on Hong Kong as critics slam the city’s recent national security trials. Photo: David Wong
Hong Kong politics

Beijing official’s speech signals Hong Kong has never been ‘independent’: experts

Beijing official Zhang Yong recently said ‘Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong’ guiding principle implies oversight by central authorities.

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Banking & finance

Investors look past debt clean-up plan as minister pledges more proactive policy

China’s economic stimulus

China unveils debt-relief plan, keeps further stimulus salvo in reserve arsenal

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China’s economic stimulus

China adds 6 trillion yuan in relief for ‘debt bombs’ – as it happened

China’s top legislative body approved additional debt relief for local governments and promised more support next year.

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China’s top legislative body is expected to reveal more of its stimulus plans days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election. Photo: Siqi
China’s economic stimulus

Explainer | Will China’s top legislature give the green light to fiscal stimulus package?

As China’s top legislative body prepares to convene, we look at the likelihood of a fiscal stimulus and the process needed to approve it.

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China stock market

China’s NPC meeting key to galvanise US$4 trillion market rally

Investors expect China’s legislators to inject stimulus to propel a rally that has already added trillions to markets on the mainland and Hong Kong.

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China’s economic stimulus

Foreign firms, upbeat after spending boost from China’s stimulus, urge more

Foreign firms have enjoyed a boost in consumption and easier access to capital as Beijing has rolled out stimulus measures over the last month.

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Tourists enjoy Chongqing hotpot in a restaurant at the Nanshan scenic spot in Chongqing, southwest China. Photo: Xinhua
China's economic recovery

China’s top legislature to meet amid US election, take result into consideration

China’s top legislature meeting provides a window for potential fiscal stimulus announcement; current agenda includes discussion of financial work and review of law revisions.

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China's ageing population

Editorial | Raising the retirement age inevitable amid China’s demographic changes

It is never a good time to tell people they have to work longer but if China’s public pension system is to be saved, there really is no alternative.

Tibet

China’s security chief calls for crackdown on separatists in Tibetan areas

Chen Wenqing’s four-day visit comes as security is tightened in sensitive Tibet region ahead of National Day on October 1.

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Chen Wenqing (third from right), head of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, in Lhasa, as part of his tour of Tibet and Sichuan’s Ganzi prefecture. Photo: CCTV
China's ageing population

China’s pension reform a ‘milestone’, but will it fix funding woes?

Beijing has ‘no choice’ but to raise retirement age as working population shrinks, but more is needed to fill fiscal gaps, analysts say.

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For the first time since the 1950s, China is raising its retirement age, increasing it by up to five years. Photo: AFP
China’s Communist Party

China is poised to amend its anti-corruption law for the first time

Changes would include allowing bail during investigations but also extending the period suspects are denied access to a lawyer.

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China’s military

Deputy commander of China’s army among 5 stripped of lawmaker status in probe

Deng Zhiping, hailed after Vietnam border clashes in ’70s and ’80s, is latest to fall in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign.

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China's ageing population

Lawmakers discuss plan to gradually lift retirement age in China

The move comes as the country is grappling with a declining birth rate and rapidly greying population.

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China’s leadership wants to raise the retirement age, which is among the lowest in the world. Photo: AFP
China education

Chinese students face more national defence education

Proposals being considered by China’s top legislative body, include the first significant updates to a law first adopted in 2001.

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High school students taking part in a military education and training session in Handan, Hebei province. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

China may ditch unified AI rules due to ‘considerable disagreement’, timing

A lack of consensus between industry and academics is holding up efforts to craft comprehensive national rules to govern AI, experts say.

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Crime in China

China drops controversial ‘hurt feelings’ clause from public security admin law

NPC law committee member Shen Chunyao says the proposal was subjective and open to misinterpretation.

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E-commerce

JD.com pledges US$900 million for appliances, consumer goods trade-in programme

About 20 million consumers on the mainland are expected to take part in the nationwide trade-in programme via JD.com’s platform.

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Government authorities in March announced a plan to boost domestic consumption by encouraging consumers to trade in and upgrade their home appliances and vehicles. Photo: Shutterstock
China economy

Editorial | China data integrity vital for confidence

As Beijing restructures the economy, the importance of having accurate and precise information from across the country is critical.

Hong Kong politics

Call for Hongkongers to learn about socialism given Communist Party achievements

Patriotic education will help Hongkongers understand nation’s history, culture, achievements and governance, says Starry Lee.

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Hong Kong politics

Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong tells city not to be dispirited about economy

Zheng Yanxiong, director of central government’s liaison office, says Hong Kong should stick to its ‘superconnector’ role to ensure economic growth.

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Residents head across the border in droves at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge checkpoint at the start of the Easter holiday. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong politics

Beijing’s top man in Hong Kong to brief officials, lawmakers on ‘two sessions’

Zheng Yanxiong, director of central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong, is expected to offer key takeaways from last month’s ‘two sessions’ in Beijing.

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The country’s annual parliamentary meetings in Beijing ended on March 11 this year. Photo: Xinhua
Two Sessions 2024

Editorial | China’s challenges ahead will test strengthening of party leadership

State Council institutions must follow new line that aims to improve efficiency, deliver growth and ensure technological transformation.

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China's population

China’s northern gate seeks to avoid ‘hollowing out’ amid population exodus

China’s northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region, which borders Russia and Mongolia, is concerned about so-called hollowing out amid an exodus of young people impacting economic development and national security.

Two Sessions 2024

Opinion | Why I miss the Chinese premier’s annual press conference after the ‘two sessions’

The much-anticipated press conference at the close of the National People’s Congress was cancelled, discontinuing a customary practice that was established in the early 1990s.

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang presides over a press conference after the closing ceremony of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13, 2023. Photo: AP
Two Sessions 2024

Xi issues hi-tech military call in push for integrated armed forces

Xi Jinping says the People’s Liberation Army needs to innovate and explore new types of combat force models.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the military to use high technology to integrate the armed forces. Photo: Xi
Two Sessions 2024

China vows to revise law to promote patriotism and public defence support

Premier Li Qiang says Beijing will help unity ‘between the military and the government, and between the military and the people’.

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Science

‘Two sessions’ 2024: China’s construction of particle collider may start in 2027

The Circular Electron Positron Collider, known as a Higgs factory, will take a decade to build and become the next global centre of particle physics: Wang Yifang.

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