China's Five-Year Plan

In this episode, we assess China’s latest Five-Year Plan. For China no document has reflected the legacy of its Soviet-style economic planning and Marxist-Leninist system than the release every five years of a new, comprehensive blueprint for social, economic, and political priorities. In late March, President Xi Jinping and the Chinese leadership released China’s 13th Five-Year Plan. This five-year plan has key implications for the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to simultaneously move China ...