CHINA-POLITICS-ECONOMY

Shen Chunyao (2 L) Director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Mu Hong (3rd L) Member of the CPC Leading Group and Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Han Wenxiu (3rd R) Deputy Director in charge of routine work of the office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, Huai Jinpeng (2nd R) Secretary of the CPC Leading Group of the Ministry of Education and also Minister of Education, and Tang Fangyu (R) Deputy Director of the Policy Research office attend a press conference of the Central Committee of the CPC in Beijing on July 19, 2024. All eyes were on how this week's Third Plenum meeting of the Communist Party in Beijing, attended by President Xi Jinping, might tackle that deepening economic malaise. But few new policies were announced as the meeting wrapped up on July 18. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)