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NPC and Five-Year Plan: What to watch

China's leadership will lay out its economic policy agenda for this year, as well as its goals for the 15th Five Year Plan period (2026-30), at the National People's Congress which kicks off on Thursday. The scale of planned fiscal support will be key for this year's growth outlook. And we'll be looking to the Five Year Plan targets to determine how serious the leadership is about rebalancing.

We will be discussing the main takeaways from the NPC and what it all means for China's economic outlook in an online briefing on Friday. Sign up here.

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