Xu Hongcai, Deputy Director, Economic Policy Commission
Apr 09, 2024
The Government Work Report has defined China’s policy goals and priorities for 2024. High-quality economic and social development beckons.
Vasilis Trigkas, Visiting Assistant Professor, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University
Apr 05, 2024
China's focus on electric vehicles (EVs) over internal combustion engine cars - the "Great Leapfrogging Forward” - has significantly reshaped the global industrial landscape to China's benefit. Recognizing and accurately assessing China's capabilities instead of propagating unfounded narratives about its imminent decline constitutes the foundational first step in competing effectively with China.
Lawrence Lau, Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics, CUHK
Mar 29, 2024
IntroductionFor 2023, the Chinese Government’s target growth rate was 5%. The actual growth rate achieved was 5.2%. This must be considered a success, g
Zhang Yansheng, Chief Researcher, China Center for International Economic Exchanges
Mar 25, 2024
Contrary to recent forecasts by various international organizations, the author believes that China’s economy in 2024 will buck the trend and trace a new curve. Growth will reach upward toward 5 percent and beyond in 2025 as the country shakes off the lingering impact of COVID-19 and returns to an appropriate range.
He Weiwen, Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
Mar 25, 2024
The only way to ensure more robust and sustainable growth is creating new patterns and new productive forces. Following the San Francisco Vision, the governments and business communities of both China and the United States should lose no time getting on board.
Myron Brilliant, Senior Counselor, Dentons Global Advisors-ASG
Mar 11, 2024
In this interview with China-US Focus, Myron Brilliant, senior counselor at Dentons Global Advisors-ASG, discusses ways to enhance economic stability and increa
Ma Xue, Associate Fellow, Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Mar 08, 2024
While trying to protect domestic industries through government intervention, technological blockades and financial subsidies, Washington has lashed out at China’s “non-market policies,” which it claims are bad for domestic employment. Such rhetoric doesn’t help America’s international reputation.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Mar 05, 2024
Economic and trade cooperation has been regarded as the great stabilizer of China-U.S. relations for many years. As the two countries’ internal and external environments grow ever more complex, however, it’s not clear that this will continue to be the case.
Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong
Xiao Geng, Director of Institute of Policy and Practice at Shenzhen Finance Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Feb 29, 2024
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) are working to establish a regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers in the territory as soon as possible. Asset managers and fintech firms are reportedly following the effort very closely. Other governments should do so as well.
Gu Bin, China Forum expert at Tsinghua University, Associate Professor of Law at Beijing Foreign Studies University
Feb 26, 2024
By funding the war against Russia, Bretton Woods institutions, such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, undermine the rule of law as embodied in their charters. They have probably violated principles of economic impartiality, prudence and political non-interference.