SHANGHAI -- China's annual parliament sessions kicked off on Thursday, with its leadership rallying behind long-term development goals and moving to strengthen oversight of Hong Kong.
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a top advisory body and one of the country's two policymaking organs, began in Beijing with a call to accelerate major science and technology projects aimed at modernizing the industrial supply chain.
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