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The "two sessions", which start on Wednesday and typically run for one to two weeks, signal the priorities of the world's second-largest economy.
Observers will be watching if China aims for ambitious growth targets despite struggling to lift domestic consumption, and will pore over its new Five Year Plan to understand Xi Jinping's roadmap for the country.
Looming over the event are the recent purges of high-level military officials who have been dismissed as part of Xi's long-running anti-corruption campaign.
Here's what you need to know about the gathering.
The first is that of the advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which begins on Wednesday. It's 2,000-plus members are drawn from various sectors, and not just the Communist Party.
Its discussions offer insight into key policy debates, but it has no legislative power.
That technically rests with the National People's Congress or NPC, which will convene on Thursday.
Although its extensive authority includes making laws, amending the constitution and approving state budgets, it functions as little more than a rubber-stamp parliament, approving decisions made behind closed doors by the Communist Party.
Established in 1954, the NPC meets only once a year. Some 3,000 delegates from all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and branches of the government, including the armed forces, will be in Beijing to attend the NPC.
Most of them are party members or government officials, and they each hold office for a term of five years.
Real influence lies within a smaller standing committee elected from congress delegates, which meets every couple of months.
The current standing committee comprises 175 members and is chaired by Zhao Leji, who is also part of the Communist Party's politburo standing commit
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