![]() And, of course, hanging over the entire meeting will be Russia and China's closer ties with Moscow. We need to protect their mental health.įENG: But what happens at the Two Sessions meetings this year is less important than when they're happening - during the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, in the midst of a global COVID pandemic and held by a Chinese Communist Party rife with political intrigue. She's advising policymakers on this new proposed law.įENG YUAN: (Through interpreter) On top of punishing traffickers, I'm advising that there should also be services helping these trafficked women to reintegrate into society, to find a place to live, to earn a living. Feng Yuan runs the NGO Equality Beijing, which focuses on women's rights. Lawmakers are drafting stronger criminal penalties to punish those who buy or sell humans, a widespread phenomenon still, which came to public attention again after a woman was found chained to a wall earlier this year. ![]() So how to grow the economy, to increase people's incomes and how to let small businesses flourish will be a top discussion item.įENG: The issue of human trafficking will also be under the spotlight. YUWEN: (Through interpreter) The economy will be the top agenda item. It's already shaky from a COVID pandemic, and China is intent on boosting its technology industry, especially in semiconductors. But before that, Xi will need to show at the two sessions he has not just politics but an economy under control. And the next one, likely in October, will almost certainly see Xi Jinping extend his leadership of the party for a third term, or perhaps longer. He points out the Two Sessions are one of the last major political meetings before China's ruling Communist Party goes into its party Congress. And this time they'll be especially prescient.ĭENG YUWEN: (Through interpreter) A pandemic, a party congress - this meeting will emphasize political security above all and will closely follow Xi Jinping's dictates and priorities.įENG: That's Deng Yuwen, a political science scholar and writer now based in the U.S. ![]() Two Sessions have always been a time to take the temperature, if you will, of China's political class. ![]() NPR's Emily Feng reports.ĮMILY FENG, BYLINE: The meetings are called the Two Sessions, or Lianghui, so named because both China's rubber stamp parliament and a separate political advisory body get together in Beijing to decide what their priorities for the year are. But in the background looms China's role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The goal is to set the coming year's political agenda. Thousands of Chinese officials and dignitaries are convening in Beijing this weekend for a set of annual meetings. ![]()
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