Guo Dong, Director of the Earth Institute China Initiative, Columbia University
Feb 12, 2018
Unless we achieve a set of commonly agreed upon indicators to measure sustainability or what is high quality, and be able to compare the performance of cities and provinces based upon it, the chance to successfully implement any sustainable policy vision and hold policymakers accountable is grim.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Jan 30, 2018
A solution to local government debt is strengthening the central bank’s supervision over it.
Qin Xiaoying, Research Scholar, China Foundation For Int'l and Strategic Studies
Aug 04, 2017
As Chinese State-owned enterprises experience a new phase of change due to an increased number of mergers. Experts and economists throughout the world are attempting to explain the significance of this new phase. However, to place these mergers in the proper context, it is prudent to first examine history and understand the past stages of this country’s SOE reforms.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
May 12, 2017
Despite proposals to issue super-long government bonds and other ideas for controlling debt and the federal deficit, Congress and the president must bridge a lot of uncertainties to change the system dramatically.
Niu Li, Director of Macro-economy Studies, State Information Center
Jan 06, 2017
Deeper supply-side structural reform will be pursued as China enjoys early benefits of steps taken in 2016 despite downward pressure on the nation’s economy.
John Ross, Senior Research Fellow, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University
Jan 03, 2017
CHINA has followed an economic development strategy radically different from the neo-liberal “Washington Consensus” advocated by the IMF. The author compares the results of what will be termed China’s “socialist development strategy” versus the Washington Consensus.
Xu Hongcai, Deputy Director, Economic Policy Commission
Dec 29, 2016
This is the first time that “seeking progress while maintaining stability” was upgraded to an unprecedentedly high status, that is, from a methodology for economic work to an important principle for governance.
Xu Hongcai, Deputy Director, Economic Policy Commission
Nov 07, 2016
China’s economy was stable as reported by the NBS, shaking off the negative growth of 54 months and showing that China’s industrial output has escaped from the difficulty of deflation. If the short-term steady growth policy and the long-term structural reform policy can be carried out, economic growth is expected to be over 6.5% next year — despite any potential actions by the US Federal Reserve and domestic pressures.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Oct 26, 2016
China needs to continue improving the RMB’s attraction as a financial transaction currency by marketizing the exchange rate and opening up the capital market. In the long-term, it means that the RMB internationalization will be more driven by being used in pricing and as reserve currency rather than by cross-border trade settlement.