📅 11 October 2018
Prime ministers and other senior representatives met to review economic and humanitarian cooperation after the Qingdao summit. India and Pakistan took part in the enlarged format.
📅 2 November 2019
The heads of government met to approve economic cooperation and institutional measures. The meeting connected the summit's regional agenda with trade, railways, agriculture and digital development.
📅 19 May 2015
The State Council issued a plan to upgrade manufacturing and develop high-tech industries. The strategy expressed an ambition to move from assembly and low-cost production toward innovation and...
📅 14 March 2011
The National People’s Congress approved the 12th Five-Year Plan, emphasizing rebalancing, social services, innovation and environmental goals alongside continued growth. Planning remained a major tool...
📅 18 February 2019
China released its outline plan to integrate Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau into a major economic and technology region. The initiative links infrastructure, finance, manufacturing and mobility across...
📅 15 March 2019
China adopted a unified Foreign Investment Law, effective January 1, 2020, replacing three earlier statutes. The law promised improved protections and a more consistent framework for foreign investors...
📅 24 July 2021
The Party and State Council issued rules to reduce homework and private tutoring burdens in compulsory education. The policy transformed a large tutoring industry and sought to reduce educational...
📅 29 September 2013
The zone tested investment, trade, finance and administrative changes through a geographically bounded pilot. It extended China’s strategy of selective opening: market access was expanded in a...
📅 1 March 2014
A reform of registered-capital rules lowered some entry barriers for new firms by moving away from a universal paid-in-capital requirement. Easier registration could widen entrepreneurial access,...
📅 30 July 2014
The State Council called for easing hukou barriers in smaller cities and improving access to basic services for migrants. The reform addressed a labor system that depended on migrant work while...
📅 5 March 2015
The 2015 Government Work Report placed “Made in China 2025” on the national agenda, aiming to upgrade manufacturing through technology and higher domestic capabilities. The strategy linked...
📅 19 May 2015
The State Council released a decade-long manufacturing strategy for innovation, quality and industrial upgrading. It reflected a state-led effort to move up global value chains rather than accept a...
📅 18 December 2015
The annual conference made supply-side structural reform a central economic policy framework for 2016, including capacity cuts, deleveraging, destocking, cost reduction and stronger weak links. The...
📅 1 May 2016
The VAT pilot expanded to construction, property, finance and consumer services, ending the parallel business-tax system. The reform aimed to reduce cascading taxation and support service-sector...
📅 15 November 2020
China and fourteen Asia-Pacific partners signed RCEP after years of negotiations. The agreement created a large regional trade framework and expanded China’s regional economic integration, while trade...
📅 5 March 2022
The annual report set a growth target and promised tax rebates and fee cuts to stabilize firms and employment. The policy mix reflected state capacity to cushion shocks, while household demand,...
