Two Sessions Digest: What Are Attendees Asking for the Government to Do?

As China’s top leadership convenes major political meetings known as the “Two Sessions” in Beijing this week, observers have been training their sights on two key documents.

The first was Friday’s annual government work report, which reviewed the government’s performance in 2020 and sets aims for 2021. In his headline speech, Premier Li Keqiang announced a modest GDP target of above 6%, a raft of policies to take financial pressure off pandemic-squeezed businesses, and pledges to reform the energy, transportation and telecommunications sectors.