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From CDRs to Xiongan, here are the hot topics for China’s business titans at nation’s political meeting

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Members of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 8, 2018. Photo: Xinhua/Wang Jianhua
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From fighting poverty to cutting corporate taxes, some of China’s most prominent businessmen brought their best ideas to one of the nation’s most important political gatherings.

The annual meetings of China’s legislature and political advisory body provided executives from companies including Tencent Holdings and automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group with a platform to lobby for policies and show their support of government initiatives. Here’s where corporate leaders stand on the top issues that came out of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, which wraps up this week.

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Tech executives led a chorus of companies eager to bring their overseas stock listings to China’s market. Regulators are considering rules that would allow foreign-listed Chinese companies to trade on the mainland market in the form of Chinese Depository Receipts. Some of the nation’s largest companies, including Alibaba Group Holding and Baidu, don’t trade locally.

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