FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping (C), Vice President Wang Qishan, Politburo Standing Committee member Zhao Leji, National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Li Zhanshu, Premier Li Keqiang, Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Huning and Vice Premier Han Zheng arrive for the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File photo Courtesy: Reuters
16 January 2025

Preparing China’s economy for 2025

Two important conclaves held in December 2024 - a Politbureau meeting and the Central Economic Work Conference – set the tone for China’s economic focus in 2025. The economy needs a resurgence, given the domestic environment of low spending and the external threat of high tariffs – the outcome of swapping development for security. In 2025, China’s mandarins will try and find a balance between the two.

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28 October 2021

Leveraging China’s Economy

On October 21, the Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla inaugurated the CCCS-Gateway House conference on "Leveraging China's Economy". In his keynote address, he traced the India-China trade imbalance, explained that the disturbed border changed equilibrium and noted that the "ability of India and China to work together will determine the Asian century".

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21 January 2016

Silver lining to India’s trade blues

India’s merchandise exports have now contracted for 13 months in a row, reflecting the global slowdown and impact of China’s economic recalibration. But, therein lay new opportunities and challenges for India’s economic diplomacy