The shape of things to come in China

It’s lianghui (“two sessions”) time – the annual ritual of the Beijing leadership. The stars of the show are the top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and the traditional delivery of a work report by the prime minister to the top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC). 

The review of the draft outline of China’s 14^th Five-Year Plan will proceed all the way to March 15. But in the current juncture, this is not only about 2025 (remember Made in China 2025, which remains in effect).

The planning goes long-range toward targets in the Vision 2035 project (achieving “basic socialist modernization”) and even beyond to 2049, the 100^th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.