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A soldier in front of the Great Hall of the People on March 11, 2024, the closing day of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n
Yin Hon Chow | CNBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
BEIJING \u2014 China’s weeklong annual parliamentary meetings ended on Monday and for the first time in decades, the Chinese premier did not host a press conference.<\/p>\n
In a break with tradition, the premier will no longer hold a press conference<\/a> following this year’s parliamentary meetings \u2014 at least for the rest of the term, according to an official announcement last week.<\/p>\n
President Xi Jinping<\/a> did not speak at the closing ceremony. He typically speaks only at the closing ceremonies of the first session of each National\u00a0People’s\u00a0Congress, the nation’s highest authority which is elected every five years. This year is the second session of the 14th National\u00a0People’s\u00a0Congress.<\/p>\n
Still, announcements made during the Congress can shed some light on government policy.<\/p>\n
“Along with the extensive discussions on environmental protection, the Government Work Report (GWR) explicitly pledged to lower energy consumption per unit of GDP by around -2.5% in 2024,” Citi analysts pointed out in a report Sunday.<\/p>\n
The report “didn’t set such numeric targets in 2022-23, after the -3.0% target and ‘campaign-style’ execution led to the power outages in 2021,” the analysts said.<\/p>\n
But they warned that investors “need to be mindful of the growth risks arising again from potential environmental policy tightening.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
China has set a 2024 growth target of around 5%<\/a>, Premier Li Qiang at the start of the meetings on Tuesday when he released the much-anticipated government work report.<\/p>\n
The top economic planner also noted how a push to upgrade equipment<\/a> would generate a market of more than 5 trillion yuan (about $694.5 billion).<\/p>\n
Real estate, in contrast, received less emphasis.<\/p>\n
However, the Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said property developers “that must go bankrupt should go bankrupt.”<\/a> In a press conference on Saturday, Ni Hong warned that those who “harm the interests of the masses” will be probed and punished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Chinese Communist Party has increased its oversight of the government under Xi.<\/p>\n
At the 2023 parliamentary meeting, Beijing announced an overhaul of finance and tech regulation by establishing party-led commissions to oversee the two sectors. Xi also gained an unprecedented third term<\/a> as president at last year’s meeting.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear what impact such changes would have.<\/p>\n