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Two sessions and one unknown
Mikel Aramendi 2024ko martxoaren 05a
Argazkia: Xinhua

All but arouse the curiosity of fans – in this part of the world, it is very different elsewhere – the Two Beijing Meetings of this year are underway, which meet at the same time and on the same stage, but each one separately and with its own agenda once a year, about a week. On the one hand, the Chinese People’s National Assembly, which we could call parliament, and on the other, the China People’s Political Advisory Conference, a deliberative chamber without members in our environment. Over 5,000 people in total.

Someone will say that this indifference in the West has to do directly with the prior drafting of the agreements adopted in both sessions. Yes, they're already written, sure -- but that doesn't mean they're known. Above all, we are aware of such decisive nuances in Chinese politics.

For example, there is no doubt that in the HBN resolutions the economy will be the main protagonist. But it is also clear that the world economy is looking forward to knowing to what extent China is putting its economic growth rate for this year. Because that figure will also have a direct impact on the world. And because, in addition, the Chinese economy is in full swing.

At the other meeting, at the Consultative Conference, it is certain that the doctrine of “Maritime Relations”, that is, of Taiwan and its environment, will be discussed and unified. But the terminological nuances must be analyzed more loudly than ever, since the political management of Wang Huning is not merely a continuum in the affairs of the Conference of its competence.

The indifferent West is, however, becoming unconscious or unconscious of what we might otherwise regard as a fat news item: Party 20. The two sessions this year are being held without the third plenary session of the Central Committee. This is very rare.

20 of the match. The Central Committee, elected by Congress in October 2022, has held its first two plenary sessions in traditional deadlines, and the third meeting that it had to do between last autumn and February this year. With the nuance that this third plenary, on a regular basis, is devoted almost exclusively to economic issues, ratifying the agreements adopted at the same time when the HB is holding its session towards March. But not this year.

This does not mean that everything that is adopted at this year’s Two Sessions does not come from the Party, from the President. But there is something that makes it difficult or impossible for the Central Committee to meet in accordance with the regulations.

It would be interesting to clarify this question.