The Central Economic Work Conference, which opened on Tuesday in Beijing, is expected to review the country's economic progress in 2014 and draw up plans for 2015 based on the "new normal" situation.

Who attends the meeting?

The meeting draws top leaders from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council (Cabinet), the National People's Congress (the top legislature), the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (the top policy advisory body), provincial governments, the People's Liberation Army and central State-owned enterprises.