Earl Carr, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at CJPA Global Advisors
Apr 10, 2022
Dual circulation is set to reorient China’s economy as Beijing rethinks how it will engage with the world.
Shang-Jin Wei, Professor, Finance and Economics at Columbia University
Apr 05, 2022
In early March, Premier Li Keqiang announced that China is targeting GDP growth of “about 5.5%” this year. That would be ambitious even without Russia’s war against Ukraine and the attendant increases in global energy and food prices. Back in January, for example, the International Monetary Fund forecast that the Chinese economy would grow by only 4.8% in 2022. And in 2019, the last full year before the COVID-19 pandemic, GDP increased by just under 6%.
Wang Yiwei, Jean Monnet Chair Professor, Renmin University of China
Nov 23, 2020
Be prepared, be equipped, no decoupling, no dependence — these are the keys to dual circulation. China’s development is entering a new period in which it will change its way of influencing the world. Tremendous opportunities will come for all.
Zhou Xiaoming, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Nov 19, 2020
By keeping the CIIE open as other expos closed their doors in the face of the pandemic, China demonstrated its commitment to an open economy and its desire to share the country’s huge domestic market.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Oct 27, 2020
China is not signaling that it favors decoupling. The world is simply returning to the era of economic sovereignty. China must act adroitly as the world’s largest supplier goods and its biggest marketplace.
Wang Yuzhu, Research Fellow, Institute for World Economy Studies, SIIS
Oct 27, 2020
A new interpretation of China’s reform and opening-up is designed to more effectively coordinate the country’s economy with the rest of the world. The key to institutionalizing China’s domestic market is attracting more international investment.
Lawrence Lau, Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics, CUHK
Oct 12, 2020
The country’s biggest risk today is economic isolation from the rest of the world. It must continue to participate actively in the world economy and contribute what it can. Total self-sufficiency is possible for China only with a decline in its standard of living.
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
Oct 09, 2020
China’s leaders are currently putting the finishing touches on the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan, which will cover the 2021-25 period. But one aspect of the plan – the so-called dual-circulation strategy – is already attracting the world’s attention. Many fear that China is “turning inward” just when the global economy is staring down the barrel of a recession. These fears are misplaced.