Since Monday, Beijing has been hosting the Two Sessions, concurrent meetings of China’s top political consultative body and its rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC). The meetings, which are expected to finish on Monday. Two Sessions is the forum at which China’s government gives the outside world a limited glimpse into its halls of power. It is also where president Xi Jinping’s number two, premier Li Qiang, outlines plans for the year and announces key targets, such as GDP growth, which this year was set for an ambitious 5%. With so many supposed decision-makers in one place, the Two Sessions is also traditionally the time when the disenfranchised come to Beijing to submit petitions to central government about their grievances, from the behaviour of local officials to forced evictions to domestic disputes. What is your take on the CCP ruling ?
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