SHANGHAI: China and Hong Kong stocks opened lower on Tuesday, as investors awaited the upcoming annual parliamentary sessions to gauge Beijing’s policy path. China’s blue-chip CSI300 Index dropped 0.6% at open, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.5%.

Hong Kong benchmark Hang Seng slipped 1.4%. Market focus is shifting from the recent tech and AI themes to the National People’s Congress (NPC) meeting on Wednesday.

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Beijing was expected to maintain its economic growth target at roughly 5% and announce a budget deficit of 4% of GDP.