The Chinese government's annual work report indicates it will resist major economic stimulus and focus on risk mitigation in all areas of governance in 2024, while obscuring information flows about an increasingly insular China. On March 5, Chinese Premier Li Qiang read out the 2024 Government Work Report at the opening of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress (NPC). The report highlighted the government's accomplishments in 2023, as well as its policy priorities and goals for 2024. Key themes in this year's work report were ''high-quality development,'' political unity around the personage and ideas of President Xi Jinping, and bolstering food and resource security amid a ''complex external environment.'' It stressed that stability was ''of overall importance, as it is the basis for everything we do,'' and highlighted the importance of China's technological self-reliance and boosting public awareness of national security risks. China also released its draft budget...
