Reflecting on China’s 2025 Two Sessions, the annual gatherings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), held in Beijing from 4–11 March 2025, the policy roadmap unveiled during the meetings underscored a determined, albeit challenging, push to meet the nation’s economic ambitions. Against a backdrop of sluggish global demand, demographic pressures, and technological competition with the West, the sessions crystallised a multi-pronged strategy to achieve the coveted 5 percent GDP growth target for 2025, a figure seen as critical for stabilising employment, boosting investor confidence, and fulfilling the closing milestones of the 14th…