the meeting is taking place in the great hall of the people and will last for 10 days. the congress is the body which debates and approves government policy. these are live pictures. high on the agenda is the state of the chinese economy, and concerns about economic growth. they are also expected to discuss ways to reform finances, the future of international trade policies and how to tackle pollution. chinese premier li keqiang will deliver the country s economic report card to the npc. our bbc china editor, carrie gracie, is in beijing. lots to talk about in the next few hours and days? that s right. the government work report this is the state of the union address, effectively, from the prime minister and it sets out the growth rate, the rate of defence spending, other key targets, it looks at achievements and looks to challenge is up ahead. as expected, a key figure in this report is that the growth rate around 6.5%, possibly higher is why they are aiming at for 2017.
on six muslim majority nations. but the new order omits iraq, offers protection to people that already have green cards, and removes an indefinite ban on syrian refugees. even so, new legal challenges are expected as nick bryant reports. there was applause when president trump signed the first executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at america s airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to president trump. so today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. the washington press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph taken instead by a white house staffer. he left it to a senior administration officials to sell one of his signature policies. it is the president s solemn duty to protect the american people. and with this order president trump is exercising his rightful authority to keep our p
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