BEIJING — China’s annual parliament meeting is expected to show tolerance for slightly slower economic growth this year, opening the door for greater, albeit not decisive, efforts to curb industrial overcapacity and rebalance the export-reliant economy. Most analysts expect Premier Li Qiang's report on March 5, the first day of the gathering, to announce a growth target of between 4.5 percent and 5 percent, while pledging to boost both consumption and investment in high-tech industries. China's 15th five-year plan, which sets strategic objectives and policies for 2026–30 and will be released the same day, is expected to reaffirm this dual, and contradictory, goal. "Policymakers will step up efforts to spur consumption while continuing to stress tech-driven new productive forces," said a policy adviser who expects the target to shift to a range, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the topic's sensitivity. China unlikely to fully resolve policy contradictions This dual pledge is decades old but Beijing has been far more successful in expanding its vast industrial complex than th