Supply-side structural reform has drawn wide attention at home and abroad as China moves to address the issues of excess capacity, massive property inventory, and "zombie" enterprises with poor profitability.
China announced GDP growth target of at least 6.5% during the 13th Five-Year Plan in 2016-2020 and 6.5%-7.0% for 2016 at the National People`s Congress. Some Western economists claim such targets cannot be achieved. In fact, analysis of supply-side factors, which will primarily be relied on to achieve this goal, shows clearly why China can achieve its 6.5% minimum growth target.
China observers are concerned that the unprecedented fiscal deficit arrangement could increase the country`s fiscal risks. I tend to believe the 3 percent fiscal deficit ratio is only a short-term target, and there`s nothing odd about it.
China`s central bank`s deputy governor said devaluating the yuan does not serve China`s best interests.
The economy tops the agenda at this year`s National People`s Congress (NPC) with a focus on both prospects for 2016 and the 13th Five Year Plan for 2016-2020. Discussion on both was framed by two major events. On March 4, Chinese President Xi Jinping made key statements on China`s long term economic strategy while attending a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Chinese People`s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). On March 5, Premier Li Keqiang delivered the government`s work rep
China should deepen reform by upgrading or restructuring unproductive firms, launching flexible exchange rates and liberalizing its capital accounts under the stimulus plans offered by the latest fiscal and monetary policies.
China does not want a currency war, which hurts everyone; instead, the currency will fluctuate within a managed range
The most fundamental reason claims that China will suffer a "hard landing" invariably turn out to be false is because they do not understand the consequences of the fact China is not a capitalist country. "Hard landings" occur in such economies because all major companies are privately owned and the state therefore has no ability to stop the investment collapses which cause "hard landings."
China and Africa urgently need to seize the development opportunities they offer to each other. A more balanced partnership with enormous potential is emerging. Since 2000, the trade volume between China and Africa has increased 30 fold from nearly $10 billion to almost $300 billion. Till 2020, the figure may reach $400 billion, which equals to the trade volume between China and Europe.
As China`s top political advisory body convened its annual meeting Thursday and with the country`s top legislature set to begin Saturday, public attention seems to be focused on how local governments are setting their GDP targets for 2016.
Chinese netizens actually quite like Donald Trump and think he could improve U.S.-China ties.
A meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from the world`s twenty largest economies has concluded in China. The G20 meeting in Shanghai was held against the backdrop of a slow-down in the Chinese economy, which has led global economists to adjust their outlooks.
Wang, director of the Institute of International Affairs at Renmin University of China, said that some discussions were misleading as the initiative was sometimes misinterpreted as a Chinese version of the Marshall Plan and China’s efforts in this regard were viewed as intended to influence the Asia-Pacific region.
Currently, divisions in monetary policy are particularly sharp among major economies. After the Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates, emerging economies including BRICS are seeing capital outflows. Meanwhile, geopolitical competition in the Middle East and Europe, as well as rising terrorism threats, is influencing the world economy, to which BRICS is not immune.
Compared with foreign-made bank card and ATM machines, Apple Pay is much less involved in the core of the payments.
During Chinese President Xi Jinping`s recent visit to the Iranian capital of Tehran in January, the two countries agreed to cooperate in a number of areas including energy, transportation, railways and ports. The new development raised some concern in the Pakistani media that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) could face some competition from Iran. Experts interviewed by the Global Times disputed the notion. They said the lifting of international sanctions against Iran could help boost
In China, we should focus our capital and efforts on developing the "intelligent industry" that will become our main engine to lead our economy forward. China should shift its role as a "hard engine" of consumption of resources to a "soft engine" by providing various technologies and smart know-how to meet the global demand.
Strategists in the US and Europe should be aware that China is a cooperative partner they cannot afford to lose in terms of maintaining global stability. Immune from any religious ideology, China has not waged war for over three decades. It`s a guardian of international nuclear nonproliferation mechanisms and a leading force in dealing with the climate change. More importantly, sticking to market-oriented reforms, the Chinese economy has become more integrated into the world economy than that of
The major international trade pacts known as the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will involve historical errors without China`s participation, Wang Wen, executive dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, a think tank under Beijing`s prestigious Renmin University, claimed during the annual conference of the Istanbul Chamber of Industry on Saturday.
ASEAN doesn`t want to be a bargaining chip used by the US or China for geopolitical games. It wants its own strategic autonomy, which must be respected by China and the US. Besides the South China Sea disputes, ASEAN is also troubled by non-traditional security threats including terrorism and natural disasters. In order to deal with these challenges, ASEAN needs full-scale cooperation with China and the US. It is unwise to observe how China and the US interact with ASEAN from a zero-sum perspect