Five key takeaways from China's annual meeting of parliament

March 12, 2024--China is turning to 'future technologies' to boost is economy as it tries to turn the page on developers' struggles.
China's week-long meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC), which gathered some 3,000 delegates from the political, business and cultural elite in Beijing, has closed without the customary press conference by the country's premier.

The annual meeting of the country's parliament began on March 4 at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square, with delegates tasked with approving new laws and political appointments as well as assessing a litany of reports from departments across the government.

Fujitsu to develop ETF trading platform based on TSE's CONNEQTOR and provide it to Australian Securities Exchange

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