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Calendar of key party and state meetings

China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, is currently in session to greenlight the government’s overall policy and economic direction for the next 12 months. Understand the cadre mindset by looking at what China’s top party and state officials have been discussing over the past eight months. The policymaking process between last year’s major Third Plenum and this year’s National People’s Congress has been jam-packed.

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CCP Calendar of key party and state meetings
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"The chances of Russia turning its back on China are slim. Beijing and Moscow share strategic interests and geopolitical goals. Xi and Putin have a close relationship.”

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Call for applications for our MERICS European China Talent Program (ECTP)

MERICS is dedicated to the mission of “Getting China right”. In this spirit, the ECTP will again gather a selected group of approximately 15 European early career scholars and professionals in Berlin. Apply until March 30. 

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