Chinese Regime Moves Forward With Political Meeting Despite Beijing City on High Alert for Virus Spread

Chinese military soldiers march at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on April 28, 2020. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

China’s central government announced that the national Lianghui—when the Communist Party’s rubber-stamp legislature convenes to enact policies and agendas—will be held from May 21–22 in Beijing, after initially postponing the meeting because of the pandemic.

More than 5,000 delegates from around the country typically participate.