Factbox: What to expect from China's annual meeting of parliament next week

Around 3,000 delegates to the annual gathering of China's largely rubber-st...

- Around 3,000 delegates to the annual gathering of China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, will meet in Beijing on March 5 to discuss political and economic policy.

The law has been fast-tracked for approval at the full session of parliament, and comes as China and the United States are working to resolve a bitter trade dispute which has seen them level tariffs on each other’s exports. China plans to set a lower economic growth target of 6.0-6.5 percent in 2019 compared with last year’s target of around 6.5 percent, policy sources have told Reuters, as Beijing gears up to cope with higher U.S. tariffs and weakening domestic demand.

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