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News | National People's Congress

March 4th, 2026

NPC: Key agenda items and dates at the National People’s Congress

At the 2026 National People’s Congress (NPC), delegates are expected to vote on major documents on a fixed timetable.

By Redaktion Table

Delegierte des Nationalen Volkskongresses im Jahr 2023.

Talk of the Town | National People's Congress

March 4th, 2026

National People’s Congress: How the party leadership co-opts elites into its agenda

The Communist Party uses the National People’s Congress (NPC) as a strategic tool to co-opt China’s elites. A look at the delegate roster reveals power shifts at the highest level of influence.

By Leonardo Pape

230109 -- BEIJING, Jan. 9, 2023 -- General secretary of the Communist Party of China CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addresses the second plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 9, 2022. CHINA-XI JINPING-CPC-CCDI-PLENARY SESSION CN ZhangxLing PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

Feature | Military

March 3rd, 2026

Military: “Being made to disappear” is the Xi-era pattern

Anti-corruption drive or disloyalty: Under Xi Jinping, the Politburo has shrunk to its smallest size in roughly three decades. Now even the “Cosmos Club” is being hit.

By Andreas Landwehr

News | Domestic policy of the Communist Party of China

March 3rd, 2026

Consultative Conference: Leadership stresses global instability

At the opening of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s leadership cast the country as a pillar of stability in an increasingly unsettled global environment.

By Leonardo Pape

Talk of the Town | National People's Congress

March 2nd, 2026

NPC: “The leadership would have to let wages rise significantly”

To boost China’s domestic consumption, stronger redistribution is needed, says Klaus Mühlhahn of Freie Universität Berlin. But Xi Jinping suspects that transfers foster a welfare mentality.

By Leonardo Pape

Opinion | Chinese New Year

January 8th, 2026

China Perspective: Inside the myth of Zhou Enlai

Our column “China Perspective” is written by authors from the People’s Republic of China. This week focuses on the myth of Zhou Enlai: why China’s most revered political figure to this day was at once a moderating statesman, Mao’s loyal executor, and a master of political staging.

By Redaktion Table

Opinion | Chinese New Year

December 18th, 2025

China Perspective: Why China's year starts in March

Our column “China Perspective” is written by authors from the People’s Republic of China. This week’s focus is on China’s distinctive annual rhythm: why the new year, the economy, and politics don’t truly shift into gear until after the “Two Sessions” in March.

By Redaktion Table

News

May 5th, 2025

Nuclear power: Emergency plans are being tightened.

China recently approved the construction of ten new reactors. Now, emergency response will be improved.

By Emily Kossak

Kindergarten in China sollen weniger kosten.

News

March 25th, 2025

Education: Preschools and kindergartens to become free.

Almost all Chinese children go to pre-school from the age of three. The costs of such early childhood education are set to fall soon – initially in wealthy regions around Shanghai and Guangzhou.

By Emily Kossak

HUAIAN, CHINA - DECEMBER 06: Aerial view of Evergrande Metropolis or Evergrande Mingdu housing complex on December 6, 2021 in Huaian, Jiangsu Province of China. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY Copyright: xVCGx CFP111360592090

Feature

March 11th, 2025

People's Congress: Where 1.5 trillion euros of new debt will go

At the conclusion of the People's Congress, the delegates approved trillions in new debt. The bulk of the money will continue to flow into infrastructure and industrial subsidies. This means that the fundamental shift towards more domestic consumption has once again failed to materialize.

By Jörn Petring