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But real decision-making authority remains firmly in the grasp of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo and its seven-member standing committee.
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Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Hui had been part of the CPPCC’s elite 300-member standing committee since 2013, but he was told not to attend the annual convention in March last year as his property group became the biggest casualty of the nation’s credit crunch.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
The decision was approved by the standing committee of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, according to CCTV.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
China’s top legislators, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, meet through Tuesday and are likely to discuss a proposal for the early issuance of new local government debt and the appointment of key personnel.
—Vince Golle, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
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Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Hui had been part of the CPPCC’s elite 300-member standing committee since 2013, but he was told not to attend the annual convention in March last year as his property group became the biggest casualty of the nation’s credit crunch.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
The decision was approved by the standing committee of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, according to CCTV.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
China’s top legislators, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, meet through Tuesday and are likely to discuss a proposal for the early issuance of new local government debt and the appointment of key personnel.
—Vince Golle, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
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