Navigating Choppy Waters: China's Economic Decision-Making at a Time of Transition
Channel: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Date: 2015-03-31

After 35 years of spectacular growth, the Chinese economy is in the midst of a challenging transition toward a “new normal.” Even as President Xi Jinping has put forward an ambitious and far-reaching economic reform agenda, implementation is struggling against the backdrop of slowing growth and a more pluralized political economy. Whether or not Beijing succeeds or fails in its efforts, China’s economic trajectory in coming years will have a substantial impact on the prospects for U.S. and global growth, as well as on broader American interests in the Asia-Pacific region and the world. The Simon Chair has recently completed a two-year study of China’s economic decision-making designed to shed light on this important topic and help inform U.S. economic strategy towards a rapidly changing China. We hope you will join us for the rollout of the results of this study and a stimulating discussion of China’s political economy.

Welcoming Remarks and Presentation of Key Findings:
      
Matthew P. Goodman
William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS
      
Panelists: Economic Policymaking in China
      
Kenneth G. Lieberthal
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
      
He Fan
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences; Senior Economics Fellow, Institute for New Economic Thinking
      
Charlene Chu
Partner, China Banks, Autonomous Research
      
Christopher K. Johnson
Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Moderated by:       

Matthew P. Goodman
William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS
      
Keynote Presentation:
Madeleine Albright
64th Secretary of State; Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group
      
Introduction by:
John J. Hamre
President, CEO & Pritzker Chair, CSIS