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Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance

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China's 19th Party Congress - What does this mean for businesses and financial markets in China

16 November 2017

The recently concluded 19th Session of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) (19th Congress) is a milestone event, as it mapped out China's longer term policy objectives, including:

  • eliminating poverty in rural areas by 2020
  • becoming a "moderately prosperous society" in China by 2021, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC
  • becoming a "great modern socialist country" by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China

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