Business leaders push tech agenda at China’s ‘Two Sessions’

VEHICLE data security, aviation biofuel and incentives for rural people to buy new-energy vehicles (NEVs) are among the items on the agenda at this year’s “Two Sessions” in Beijing, as proposals trickle out from China’s captains of industry about what the government should focus on in 2023.

Every year, tech industry heavyweights are among the delegates and representatives at the meetings of China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies who make proposals and lobby for their vision of the country’s development.

Smartphone-maker Xiaomi, oil refinery Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical and conglomerate Shanghai JuneYao Group were among the first cabs off the rank at the meeting, which began at the weekend.