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CHINA: The Chinese Communist Party is set to postpone its annual 'Two Sessions'

meetings due to take place in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

- The meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's

Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) were due to take place in Beijing from

March 5 and March 3 respectively.

- The Two Sessions are viewed as key events in the Chinese political calendar,

given that they are the sole annual meetings of what is effectively the

country's legislature. 

- The postponement is likely intended to be a signal from Beijing that the

government is committed to fighting the COVID-19 outbreak, but is unlikely to

have a significant impact on policy-making in China. The Two Sessions are

largely rubber-stamp events for the approval of the Politburo Standing Committee

of the Communist Party of China, the country's highest political organisation.