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I'm Darian Woods.
In 2011,
Goldman Sachs predicted China would seize America's crown for the world's biggest economy by 2026.
A couple of years ago, Goldman Sachs pushed that date back.
2035 was when China would become Dominan.
But since then, China's faced economic hurdles.
Some people are now questioning whether China will ever have an economy larger than the U.S. and this matters.
One sixth of all the world's economic activity happens in China.
Whoever has the largest economy can afford the largest military.
They can sweeten more alliances and have a larger say in how the world is run.
As the world's number two economy,
China's growth directly challenges US Dominance and help us figure out how fast China might grow or not.
We have NPR's China correspondent John Ruich.
Welcome, John.
Hey, great to be here, Darian.
So China just wrapped up its annual session of Parliament, the National People's Congress.
And this is a once a year opportunity to take the pulse on what China's leaders are thinking about the economy.
One big announcement at the start of the event