“High-Quality Development”? China’s Changing Economy

As China pursues President Xi’s vision of “high-quality development”, questions have emerged about the long-term trajectory of its economy and its global economic standing. Join us for a Policy and Practice seminar examining the underlying factors driving change in China’s economy, the tensions between modernisation and increasing authoritarian control, and the broader implications for international trade and business.

Meet the speakers

George Magnus is an independent economist and commentator, and Research Associate at the China Centre, Oxford University, and at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. His work focuses on the drivers of China’s economic slowdown and its consequences under Xi Jinping, and on China’s role in the global economy. He was Chief Economist, and then Senior Economic Adviser, at UBS Investment Bank from 1995 to 2012. He is the author of Red Flags: Why Xi’s China is in Jeopardy (2018).  

Dr Xin Sun is Senior Lecturer in Chinese and East Asian Business at the Lau China Institute and King’s Business School, King’s College London. His research focuses on China’s political economy and business, particularly the land and real-estate market and government-business relations. He publishes widely in Political Science and Chinese Studies journals and is a regular contributor to financial media. 

Dr Elisa Gambino is Hallsworth Research Fellow in Political Economy at the Global Development Institute of the University of Manchester and Adjunct Researcher at the Centre for Asian Studies of the University of Ghana. Her research focuses on the intersection between China’s outward economic engagement and Africa’s development trajectories. Previously, she was LSE Fellow in the International Politics of China in the LSE’s Department of International Relations. 

Chair: Dr Handi Li is Lecturer in Comparative Politics in the UCL Department of Political Science.  

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