A summary of expected reform areas in China's 13FYP

Along with the formulation of China's 13FYP, the other focus of this year's 5th plenary meeting will be a review of progress made on the key reforms and development agenda agreed during Third Plenum in November 2013. 

"As highlighted earlier, a number of reform and development areas will continue to be aligned with the overall theme in the 13FYP to support China's economic transition, namely, social security and pension, financial reforms, energy efficiency and greener growth, ODI and 'One Belt, One Road', fiscal reform and local government debt management, as well as SOE reforms", says Barclays. 

In addition, other social reforms are expected, including the household registration ('Hukou') system, and pricing reform of key energy and utility prices to progress as indicated in the latest opinions from the State Council.