Chinese lawmakers are expected to delay elections for the city's legislature by another year to September 2022 according to local media.

據當地媒體報道，中國立法者預計將把市議會選舉再延後一年至2022年9月。

It's a move that will boost China's effort to ensure those they deemed patriots are put in charge of the city and likely to crush any remaining democratic hopes for the global financial hub.

此舉將推動中國努力確保那些他們認為是愛國者的人掌管這座城市，並可能粉碎這個全球金融中心的任何剩餘民主希望。

Many high profile pro democracy politicians and activists are already in jail or an exile after authorities cracked down on the city's mass anti government protests in 2019 and imposed a sweeping national security law last year.

當局在2019年鎮壓了該市大規模反政府抗議活動，並在去年實施了一項全面的國家安全法後，許多高調的民主政治家和活動家已經被關進監獄或流亡。

A senior Chinese lawmaker says the MPC plans to expand an electoral committee that chooses Hong Kong's leader and give it powers to pick many of the city's legislators as well.

一位中國資深立法者表示，憲兵部隊計劃擴大一個選舉委員會，該委員會負責挑選香港領導人，並賦予其挑選該市許多立法委員的權力。

The NPC also unveiled a relatively mild defense budget for the year, a rise of around 7% from 2020.

全國人大還公佈了今年相對溫和的國防預算，比2020年增長7%左右。

That's despite challenges on several fronts, ranging from heightened tensions with Taiwan to US missions around Chinese occupied islands in the disputed South China Sea and an ongoing border dispute with India.

儘管在幾條戰線上都面臨著挑戰，從與臺灣的緊張局勢加劇到美國在有爭議的南中國海中國被佔島嶼周圍的任務，以及與印度持續的邊界爭端。

China's strategic rivalry with the United States is also expected to take center stage at the conference.

中國與美國的戰略競爭也將成為此次會議的中心議題。

A London based economics research center predicts China will leapfrog the United States as the world's biggest economy in 2028 5 years earlier than previously forecast.

總部位於倫敦的一家經濟研究中心預測，2028年中國將比之前預測的提前5年躍居世界最大經濟體。