China unveils its new economic vision
It promises many reforms, but remains ambivalent about the role of the market
ONLY 205 of the Chinese Communist Party’s 99m members serve as full members of its Central Committee. Reaching such giddy heights (the top 0.0002%) is not always a privilege. Of late for example, it has meant spending four days in July closeted in a Beijing hotel poring over an epic resolution on “Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernisation”.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “An ample supply of promises”
From the July 27th 2024 edition
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