Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Nov 19, 2013
Through an analysis of the Third Plenum communiqué, Zhang Monan argues that China has entered a new stage of development, and a second round of economic reform will promote growth in the decade to come.
Niu Tiehang, Senior Fellow, CCIEE
Nov 18, 2013
China’s new leadership anticipates that entering Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations would trigger a new round of domestic reforms. Niu Tiehang elaborates on the new roadmap for Chinese reforms and the “outside-in” effects the TPP talks and the establishment of Shanghai FTZ would have on China.
He Weiwen, Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
Nov 16, 2013
He Weiwen writes that the 3rd Plenary Session has provided a broad blueprint for China’s reforms and development for the next few years and will have profound implications for China and the world.
David Shambaugh, Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies and Director of the China Policy Program, George Washington University
Nov 14, 2013
After months of hype, China watchers the world over are underwhelmed by the immediate outcomes of the just-concluded Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee, writes David Shambaugh.
Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
Nov 14, 2013
For the first time since the 1980s, Beijing is redefining China’s grand strategy.
Zhu Lijia, Director, Chinese Academy of Governance
Nov 11, 2013
On the eve of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, some observers have produced a new bout of predictions about very big breakthroughs in the upcoming period of reform. However, many of these predictions will probably prove unrealistic, writes Zhu Lijia.
Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government , Claremont McKenna College
Nov 11, 2013
Outside China, the prevalent view among business leaders is that President Xi Jinping’s new administration has consolidated its power and acquired enough authority to push through far-reaching economic reforms. Unfortunately, this view is both too sanguine and naïve.
Chen Xulong, Director, China Institute of Int'l Studies
Nov 09, 2013
Xi Jinping has launched a new era of periphery diplomacy and will make for better political and economic relations with neighboring countries, closer security cooperation and stronger people-to-people contact.
Chen Qun, Former VP, China Law Press
Nov 08, 2013
One has full reason to expect that the CPC Central Committee’s third plenum will inject new force into China’s development by reshaping its economy and lend a strong push to the world economy in its recovery, writes Chen Qun.
Tom Watkins, President and CEO of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, FL
Nov 08, 2013
Chinese leaders have an unenviable problem--how to sustain its explosive economic rise. They have a dragon by the tail as they try to manage economic growth as it shows signs of sputtering, writes Tom Watkins.