Li Zheng, Assistant Research Processor, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Mar 21, 2014
Premier Li Keqiang has revealed more information about his ‘Likonomics’ plan, and the future prospects for China's economic reform, writes Li Zheng.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Mar 20, 2014
Examining the government work report from the National People’s Congress, Zhang Monan outlines the major issues facing China’s leadership as it continues economic reforms.
Ding Yifan, China Forum Expert and Deputy Director of China Development Research Center
Mar 20, 2014
The reform of State-Owned Enterprises has become a major focus for the Chinese government. Ding Yifan explores what the reform may mean, and shows why the government is addressing the issue now.
Zhao Qiguang, Professor, Carleton College
Mar 18, 2014
China’s rapid growth has brought the infamy of being the world’s number one consumer of energy resources and number one discharger of air pollutants. Zhao Qiguang expresses the hope that the economy will continue to grow in a speedy but steady manner.
He Weiwen, Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
Mar 17, 2014
China’s former model of growth is not sustainable and balanced. China has to shift its growth model to one that is quality-based, environment-friendly, and consumption-driven, writes He Weiwen.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Mar 14, 2014
China’s long-standing advantage in cheap labor, land, resources and the environment cannot last, let alone lead to great achievements, writes Zhang Monan.
Michael Justin Lee, Lecturer, University of Maryland
Mar 04, 2014
Recent fluctuations in the Chinese yuan have given way to far-flung fears that the Chinese economy is faltering. However, Michael Justin Lee explains that the yuan’s fall against the U.S. Dollar was engineered by the People’s Bank of China and was necessary to reduce hot money the Chinese economy slows.
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Yale University
Feb 28, 2014
Stephen Roach states that China's slowing GDP growth is a natural result of a rebalancing of the Chinese economy. However, China's recent economic growth has lead to an unbalanced codependency of China and the US. Thus, Roach believes that the US should adopt a new growth strategy, based on saving and investing in people, infrastructure, and capacity.
Feb 18, 2014
When it comes to economic reform, China’s leaders no longer believe that time is on their side. With a new sense of urgency, President Xi Jinping and his inner circle are attempting one of the most ambitious economic and social-policy reform plans in history.
Michael Justin Lee, Lecturer, University of Maryland
Feb 14, 2014
Following concerns voiced at the World Economic Forum in Davos about China’s burgeoning shadow banking system, Michael Justin Lee examines the role of financial entities that don’t fall under direct bank regulation within market economies and argues that fears of China’s economic downfall are overblown.