Abstract
Significance The National People's Congress (NPC) ran March 5-15 and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from March 3-13. Both bodies are routinely characterised as 'talking shops' and the NPC as a 'rubber stamp' parliament, but there is more significance to these events than that. This year's meetings come as policymakers draft the Five-year Plan that will shape the economy's 'rebalancing' in the years ahead, amid mounting fears about the depth of the country's economic slowdown. Impacts Policy confirmed at the NPC will feed into the drafting of the next Five-year Plan (2016-20) during the coming months. The configuration of power in China will transform as networks are disrupted by the anti-corruption campaign. NPC oversight and 'rule by law' are being consolidated through revisions to the Legislation Law.
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