Why now? Three major laws and China’s next development phase

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  China's biggest annual political event, the Two Sessions,

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  has just wrapped up, but its impact is only starting to unfold.

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  At this year's session of the National People's Congress,

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  lawmakers passed three major pieces of legislation.

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  the Ecological and Environmental Code, the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law,

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  and the National Development Planning Law.

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  Three laws in a single session, each significant in scope,

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  weight and policy innovation, have quickly drawn widespread attention.

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  So why now?

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  Why move forward with this landmark loss at the very start of China's 15th five-year plan period?

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  Welcome to Road Today, the panel discussion with Miku Anna in Beijing.

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  Joining us today are Mohamed Alinasir, professor of economics at the University of Leeds,

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  currently a visiting professor at Peking University.

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  Einar Tangen, Senior Fellow of the Center for International Governance Innovation,

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  a Canadian think tank.

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  Dr.

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  Zhou Mi,

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