BEIJING, 5 March, 2021 (TON): China to rebuild Hong Kong’s electoral system on Friday to trigger democracy in the city.

As China held its annual budget session of the parliament, it unexpectedly set an economic growth for the year.

Premier Li Keqiang highlighted the achievements of the previous year as China overcame the pandemic, and laid out ambitions to solidify the economic recovery, cut emissions, invest in innovation and improve a worsening demographic outlook.

Also, on Friday disclosed its next five-year plan, touting to become self-reliant as it clashes with the U.S. and other countries over technology policy.

“We owe our achievements last year to the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core,” Li said in an hour-long speech to over 5,000 delegates gathered in the Great Hall of the People.

However, Beijing proposed legislation that would tighten its increasingly authoritarian grip on Hong Kong by making changes to the electoral committee that chooses the city’s leader, giving it new power to nominate legislative candidates.