What to know about the 'two sessions', China's biggest political meeting

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The stage is set for China's biggest political gathering - carefully choreographed annual meetings of the political advisory body and the rubber-stamp national legislature. The "two sessions", which start on Thursday and typically run for one to two weeks, signal the priorities of the world's second-largest economy. Observers will be watching if China aims for ambitious growth targets despite struggling to lift domestic consumption, and will pore over its new Five Year Plan to understand Xi