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Sustaining China’S Economic Growth: New Leaders, New Directions?, Penelope B. Prime
Sustaining China’S Economic Growth: New Leaders, New Directions?, Penelope B. Prime
International Business Faculty Publications
An American specialist on the economy of China assesses the options and obstacles the country's new leadership will face as it attempts to sustain the current economic growth trajectory in the future. Putting the current situation in historical context, the author first reviews the reforms leading up to the agenda advanced by the previous leadership team (led by Hu Jintao) and then examines the health of China's economy in late 2012 (a situation she argues is characterized by the exhaustion of three key drivers of growth). The paper advances the thesis that further reforms and improvements in technology will be …