The Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee will gather this week to discuss the parameters of the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP), setting the strategic economic goals. The decision makers will also develop the economic blueprint until 2035.

The G20 process has eight engagement groups, ensuring that inputs from important stakeholder communities can be included in the agenda. The topics evolve around concerns of business, labor, youth, women, civil society, science, think tanks and issues involving cities/urbanization.

The G20 has eight engagement groups ensuring that stakeholders, who are not part of the G20 governments, can engage with the process and influence its agenda. They include communities formed around business, youth, labour, think tanks, civil society, women, science and urban issues.