# Eswar Prasad

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## Timeline

- **2026-03-15**: Policy Endorsement — Expected approval of the five-year plan focusing on high-tech industrial self-reliance.
- **2026-03-05**: NPC Session Opens — The National People's Congress convenes in Beijing to outline annual targets and the 2030 blueprint.
- **2026-02-15**: Lunar New Year Deflation — Spending data from Guangdong shows significant price cuts in consumer goods, signaling weak demand.
- **2025-12-31**: 2025 Growth Target Met — China reports 'around 5%' growth, though economists question data quality and export reliance.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### China’s High-Tech Ambitions Face Reality Check at National People’s Congress
2026-03-03 02:13:27 · Sentiment: Bearish · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

As the National People's Congress convenes in Beijing, President Xi Jinping faces a widening gap between his high-tech industrial vision and a domestic economy hampered by a housing crisis and weak consumer demand. The 3,000 deputies are expected to set a 2026 growth target and endorse a critical five-year blueprint that will define China's economic trajectory through 2030.
Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/china-npc-economic-growth-limits

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