(11 Mar 2025)
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Beijing , China – 11 March 2025
1. Exterior of the Great Hall of the People
2. Red flags and the national emblem
3. Various of military delegates arriving
4. Wide of delegates arriving
5. Tracking shot of Chinese President Xi Jinping arriving at the closing session of the National People’s Congress
6. Various of the congress
7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee
“Chairman Zhao Leji asked for a leave from the congress this afternoon because of a respiratory infection. Entrusted by the Presidium of the Congress, I will host the meeting this afternoon.”
8. Mid of Xi
9. Wide of Chinese officials
10. Wide of delegates
11. Mid of Xi pressing the button to vote
12. Screen showing result of voting on the government work report, 2882 votes for, one vote against, one abstention
13. Wide of delegates pressing the button
14. Wide of Xi and Chinese Premier Li Qiang (right) pressing the buttons
15. Screen showing result of voting on the implementation of the 2024 plan for national economic and social development and the 2025 plan for national economic and social development, 2866 votes for, eight votes against, and ten abstentions
16. Wide of officials and delegates applauding
17. Various of congress
18. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee
“The results of the meeting fully reflect the unity of the party’s propositions and the people’s will, and fully demonstrate the significant political advantages of the people’s congress system. This year is the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", and the tasks of reform, development and stability are arduous.”
19. Wide of delegates
20. Wide of delegates standing up
21. Various of Xi singing national anthem
22. Various of Xi leaving the meeting
23. Wide of Tiananmen Gate
24. Mid of soldier standing in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong
STORYLINE:
China wrapped up its biggest political event of the year on Tuesday holding back on major economic stimulus.
A recurring theme throughout the weeklong meeting of the nearly 3,000-member National People’s Congress was the need to boost investment and consumer spending.
How much will be done to translate words into action will only become clear in the months ahead as the ruling Communist Party juggles priorities.
What is clear is that a trade war with the United States has left the outlook for the coming months uncertain.
The meeting ended Tuesday in the absence of top political leader Zhao Leji, who serves as chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
Zhao, who was supposed to host the congress closing ceremony, was suffering from a respiratory infection and had to take a leave of absence, according to Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the political body.
Li chaired the closing session in his place.
The rubber-stamp parliament voted overwhelmingly to approve the government work report, with 2,882 votes for, one vote against and one abstention.
Similar near-unanimous votes were recorded to pass the budget, the Supreme Court report and an amendment to a law on deputies to the congress, among other items.
At stake is the health of the world’s second largest economy, a major exporter of products to countries around the world and an important market for foreign companies from Apple to Volkswagen.
A prolonged property crisis has sapped consumer and business confidence, depriving the economy of its past vitality.
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