Major challenges in store as key meetings approach

Issues to be discussed at the annual sessions of the national legislature and top political advisory body are the most complicated and challenging in more than a decade, according to observers.

National People's Congress lawmakers and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee will attend the meetings in Beijing starting on Tuesday.

Policy watchers said they expect China's leaders to come up with more clear-cut strategies to guarantee economic growth, provide more opportunities for society, and to facilitate reform.