Security is still China's top priority, not the economy

Diana Choyleva is founder and chief economist of Enodo Economics, a macroeconomic and political forecasting company in London focused on China and its global impact. She is also senior fellow on Chinese Economy at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis.

Next week, China's annual National People's Congress session will convene in Beijing. Full of pageantry, the NPC is usually a time for the Communist Party to signal action on economic growth to thousands of provincial officials in attendance.