Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host Anne McElvoy

in for Jason Palmer today. Every weekday we bring you a fresh perspective on the events

shaping your world. Elon Musk, the face of the car maker Tesla, is back in hot water

again for tweeting unverified information about the firm. Bosses like Mr Musk aren't always

reliable narrators, but happily for investors there are new data sources that make it harder

for executives to mislead them. We've been investigating.

And an attic in France has yielded a work that some claim to have been painted by the 17th

century master, Caravaggio. Lucky for the owners, but how do we assess whether an unsigned,

orphaned work is the real, very expensive, deal or something a lot less valuable?

First up though, the People's Congress. China's Parliament is holding its annual meeting

today. The National People's Congress gathers every year to pass legislation proposed

by President Xi Jinping. The meeting comes at an important time for the superpower. There

are signs that the economy in China has been slowing while the trade war with America

drags on. The Communist Party's ramped up security for the duration of the meeting.

I'm standing outside the Great Hall of the People, a vast building on the west side of

Tiananmen Square. The square itself is full of delegates arriving to take part in the

National People's Congress, which is about to kick off inside.

Our correspondent, Mark Johnson, is watching the gathering in Beijing. Mark, tell us about

this meeting. What is it exactly? Well, the National People's Congress is the closest

thing that China has to a Parliament. It's about 3,000 delegates who come to Beijing.

Some of these people are nominated by local authorities from Chinese provinces. Some of

them represent the armed forces and other interest groups. They're all members of the Communist

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