Navigating Choppy Waters: China's Economic Decision-Making at a Time of Transition

The Center for Strategic and International Studies presents a rollout of the results of a study on China’s economic decision-making as well as a stimulating discussion of China’s political economy.

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.

Introductory Remarks:

John J. Hamre
President, CEO & Pritzker Chair, CSIS
     
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