Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is ready for a National Day review of the armed forces as a limousine carrying him drives out of the Tiananmen Rostrum during the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is ready for a National Day review of the armed forces as a limousine carrying him drives out of the Tiananmen Rostrum during the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
Nancy Qian
Opinion

Opinion

The View by Nancy Qian

China’s economy after 10 years of Xi Jinping: what worked, what didn’t

  • Xi’s biggest problems – economic slowdown, demographic challenges, inequality, pollution – were inherited but so were the main policy solutions
  • What changed most under Xi was the mode of implementation – announcing major policies suddenly and without much apparent deliberation has been economically harmful

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is ready for a National Day review of the armed forces as a limousine carrying him drives out of the Tiananmen Rostrum during the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is ready for a National Day review of the armed forces as a limousine carrying him drives out of the Tiananmen Rostrum during the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
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