China has – after some delay – scheduled the much-anticipated third plenum of its Communist Party’s Central Committee for Monday, with the four-day meeting expected to shape the country’s economic strategy for the next five to 10 years. Previous third plenums unveiled landmark changes. At the plenum of 1978, the policy of reform and opening … Read more
Unswerving market-oriented reforms would be key for China’s upcoming third plenum, said a former senior official with Beijing’s top economic planner. “China’s economic reform has been going on for 45 years, and this year marks the 46th year, and the most important core issue is reconciling the relationship between the government and the market,” said … Read more
“The complexity, severity and uncertainty of the external environment have spiked,” it said, according to a statement released by state news agency Xinhua. The session, also known as a plenum, traditionally sets economic strategy for the next five to 10 years and is often seen as the most important of the seven party gatherings held … Read more
