From BusinessWeek:

‚Ä®In China, the really critical policy shifts are made by an inner circle of advisers to Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao as well as upper-echelon members of the Communist Party. Yet the annual meeting of China’s National People’s Congress, the country’s ceremonial parliament, is instructive in another way. The most powerful figures in China give speeches that sometimes reveal subtle shifts in economic policy and are thus closely watched.

China has wowed the world with its double-digit growth rates. Yet this is a developing economy with considerable challenges ahead. Here are some of the notable ones.

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