While China's National People's Congress (NPC) does not function like a legislature in the West, its annual meeting is still an important date on the country's political calendar. At the conclave, the Chinese leadership lays out its policy agenda for the year ahead, and the government work program is one of the clearest windows through which the world can assess the leadership's world view and priorities. At this year's meeting (March 5-14), the theme was China's growing strength and, at the same time, concern that rising expectations were not being met. China's leaders have delivered on promises of improving the lives of ordinary Chinese but their job is becoming more difficult.
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