China's biggest political meeting is ending - what have we learned?

BBC correspondents give us their biggest takeaways from China's National People's Congress.

China’s rubber-stamp parliament set to approve ‘ethnic unity’ law

New legislation will require schools to use Mandarin by default, taking priority over minority ethnic languages such as Tibetan, Uyghur and Mongolian China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the state legislature, will vote on Thursday on a suite of new laws agreed at this year’s annual two sessions gathering, including a piece of legislation that will diminish the role of minority ethnic languages in the education system. NPC delegates are expected to approve a new ethnic unity law, along w...

By Amy Hawkins in Beijing

How will Hong Kong follow mainland China’s ethnic unity promotion law?

Hong Kong should step up education on Chinese history and culture while highlighting security threats to cultivate public awareness about the need to defend the country, experts have said, as the nation’s legislature is set to pass a law promoting ethnic unity. The expert’s comments came ahead of the closing session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) on Thursday, which is due to pass the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. The law aims to forge a strong “sense of community f...

By Edith Lin,Matthew Cheng

China bets on new tech, domestic demand at 'Two Sessions'

Thousands of Chinese officials, including members of the National People's Congress, are meeting in Beijing, as the government projects the lowest GDP growth in decades.

China set to pass new ethnic minority law, prioritise use of Mandarin language