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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and premier Li Keqiang arrived at the closing session of the party’s rubber stamp legislature’s congress in Beijing, China, on May 28, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
On Sept. 9, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang convened an executive meeting of the State Council and mentioned the obstacles to consumption demand, a major economic issue that was first mentioned last year at the closing address of the Two Sessions, the annual rubber-stamp legislature meetings.
Zhong Yuan is a researcher focused on China’s political system, the country’s democratization process, human rights situation, and Chinese citizens’ livelihood. He began writing commentaries for the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times in 2020.