China’s Two Sessions: What’s in store for Beijing’s self-reliance?

As Chinese leaders meet this week to unveil the country’s political and economic agenda during its annual “Two Sessions,” China policy analysts are on the lookout for signals from Beijing about how it will implement a plan to become technologically self-reliant. The Two Sessions are annual, parallel meetings of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, which allow government officials to lay out an agenda for the coming year. The 2021 meetings, which kickoff Thursday, are...