Economic reform on the agenda for China Congress

Ballooning debt, industrial over-supply, a property bubble and environmental pollution among the key issues

Debt and pollution are among the economic issues to be tackled by President Xi Jinping (pictured)
(Image credit: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)

As China’s ruling elite prepares to meet for the first time in five years, all eyes are on whether President Xi Jinping will be proclaimed leader for life of the Communist Party.

Yet while the gathering “is about politics more than policy, investors are still trying to read the tea leaves anyway”, says CNBC.

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