New national reporm body means policies of change will be more effective than before
New experimental project in Shanghai could herald the take-off of next round of economic reforms in the country.
European companies and others from across the world may be attracted to the Shanghai free trade zone because of light touch regulation compared with the rest of China, according to a leading business organization.
Zone not necessarily intended to be as ambitious as some headlines suggest, says expert
Shanghai FTZ is an experiment that could lead to significant changes throughout China
New zone to pave the way for more market-oriented reforms
Ahead of the Communist Party's much awaited plenum that begins on Nov 9, expectations are high that the meeting will provide the future reform agenda for China.
The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in December 1978: The historic turning point
Top-level Party members are expected to discuss several wide-ranging steps to pump prime the Chinese economy at the Communist Party plenum meeting in Beijing in November, experts say.
All eyes are starting to shift to the Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee. Rather than concrete measures, the plenum, to be held from Nov 9, is expected to announce objectives and directions to rebalance growth toward domestic demand, consumption and services, and upgrade the industrial structure. Ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang took over the CPC leadership in November last year there has been keen interest in the direction they are giving to the reforms.
Short-term economic interests should not compromise China's long-term goals
Medical services, financial services, telecommunications services and engineering services are an increasingly big part of the investments that Chinese companies are making in Africa.