NBA China, in collaboration with China Macro Group, is hosting a webinar series titled "Staying in Dialogue with China." The upcoming session will focus on China's upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030), and we are pleased to welcome Mr. ZHU Guangyao, Vice Chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) and Former Vice Minister of Finance, as our guest speaker.

Against the backdrop of the 15th Five-Year-Plan (2026-2030) being drafted these months, this webinar wants to take stock of the implementation of the 14th Five-Year-Plan (2021-2025) to date, which was drafted in the first year of the Covid pandemic in 2020, endorsed by the NPC in 2021 and is now in its fifth and last year of execution.

This time period eventfully witnessed, among many more, China's real estate crisis, the 20th Party Congress, ASEAN becoming China's largest trading partner, an aggravated level of insufficient demand and overcapacity in China's economy, the end of Covid-related restrictions and the re-opening of its borders, Russia launching its war against Ukraine, the peaking of China's population, new market governance dynamics shifting from tensions to reconciliation with China's private sector, two US presidents, and finally the "Deep Seek" moment.

We want to discuss the following key topics with our esteemed guest, ZHU Guangyao, Vice Chairman of CCIEE and former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance:

• The strategic role and impact of the Dual Circulation policy concept
• Highlight key challenges and key policymaking actions under the 14th Five-Year-Plan
• Reform announcements at the "Third Plenum" (July 2024) and their implementation
• China's evolving external environment, incl. Trump 2.0 and US-China relations
• China's technological momentum, dependencies and ambitions
• State and outlook of China's post-Covid economic recovery
• Changing premises and external factors for the 15th Five-Year-Plan

Join us for this wide-ranging discussion to get a strategic snapshot from a senior Chinese policymaker's unique vantage point of where China's development and its economy stand, as well as the key challenges and opportunities as seen by Beijing.

This webinar will be moderated by Markus Herrmann Chen, Co-Founder and Managing Director of CMG. Take the opportunity to listen in and ask your questions to Former Vice Minister ZHU.

Date: Wednesday, 23rd April 2025

Time: 9:00 - 9:45am CEST / 3:00 - 3:45pm CST

Venue: Zoom, online

Registration: Please sign up via the link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/5217425448445/WN_L_MfcdpkQwqUfJfpjRo3qg​