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Two Sessions Lay out China’s Development Targets

Amid a volatile international environment, the annual sessions of China’s top legislature and political advisory body were convened as scheduled in early March.

ln roughly a week, lawmakers deliberated and approved the government work report as well as a range of other reports and legislative items. Among them was the decision on amending the Organic Law of the Local People’s Congresses and Local People’s Governments.

Meanwhile, political advisers presented a raft of proposals related to all walks of life for discussion, trying to make their contributions to the country’s overall progress.

With the main projected targets set for development this year, including the GDP growth of around 5.5 percent, over 11 million new urban jobs, and a grain output of over 650 million metric tons, the country kicked off a new journey of development.

As the world is grappling with the COVlD-19 pandemic and other challenges unseen in a century, China seeks stable progress amid all headwinds.

The fifth session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2022.

Several members of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are interviewed via video link ahead of the second plenary meeting of the fifth session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 7, 2022.

Journalists join an interview with Wang Zhigang, minister of science and technology, held via video link after the second plenary meeting of the fifth session of the 13th NPC in Beijing on March 8, 2022.

Female NPC deputies take a group photo in front of the Great Hall of the People for the lnternational Women’s Day on March 8, 2022.

The closing meeting of the fifth session of the 13th NPC is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2022.