China’s Third Plenum Unveils Five-Year Reform Plan
China's Third Plenum outlines a five-year plan to bolster finance, economy, industrial chains, and social security, while tackling cross-border corruption and prioritizing tech and fiscal reforms. Here are 6 articles you should not miss.
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‘New productive forces’ to be a key phrase at the political event
Caixin Explains: Five-Year Reform Plan Laid Out by Communist Party’s Third Plenum
The key meeting this week outlined policy directives in areas including the economy, technology and household registration
Plenum Explained 1: Implications for China’s Finance and Economy
Core to the reforms set in motion at the meeting are stabilizing the capital markets, reviving the ailing property sector and relieving indebted local governments
Plenum Explained 2: Reforms for Retirement, Social Security and Employment
The Communist Party vows to raise the retirement age, ensure fair access to social insurance and ensure key groups can find work
Plenum Explained 3: China to Combat Cross-Border Corruption, Improve Constitutional Review
The plan is part of a five-year legal reform effort that also includes graft-busters taking ‘stronger steps to handle false accusations’
Plenum Explained 4: Beijing to Bolster Industrial Chains, Promote Private Sector
A resolution adopted at the Communist Party Central Committee’s twice-a-decade meeting lays out a reform framework at a time when economic growth is slowing