I still have a vivid memory of my first appearance at the China Development Forum. It was  March 2001 and the CDF had been started a year earlier by then Premier Zhu Rongji as a platform of engagement and debate between the ministers of the Chinese government,...

Unsurprisingly, the final version of the 15th Five-Year Plan was approved by essentially a unanimous margin at China’s just concluded National People’s Congress. The broad thrust of the ratified version was little different from the draft that was circulated at the...

As has been the case for most of China’s recent plans, the 15th Five-Year Plan has a little bit of something for everyone. It is pro-innovation, pro-consumption, pro-manufacturing, and pro-services. It is aimed at supporting environmental protection, improved health,...