Dear Members and Friends of SwissCham,

SwissCham is delighted to invite you to the upcoming webinar of stars webinar series in 2023: Staying in Dialogue with China. In our second conversation of this series, Markus HERRMANN, Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG); (Advisory) Board Member stars and SCCC, Zurich, will be talking to BAI Chong-En, Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor; Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing.

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At last year's consequential 20th Party Congress, CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping reiterated that "development is our Party's top priority in governing and rejuvenating China", at the same time the party – against the backdrop of a confluence of domestic and international challenges – dropped the notion of "important period of strategic opportunity", now characterizing it as a "period of development in which strategic opportunities, risks and challenges exist at the same time". To address this new situation, the CCP leadership vows to better balance supply-side with demand-side policies and strengthen domestic demand going forward. As a result, in December, the CCP Central Committee together with the State Council jointly issued the Strategic Plan for Expanding Domestic Demand 2022 – 2035, a new economic blueprint guiding "high-quality development" in the decade ahead.

What drives this policy shift? What can we expect from the new government and especially the new economic leadership? What does the government reshuffling mean for economic work? And how likely can China still achieve the goal to double 2020 GDP per capita by 2035?

Kindly note: This webinar is held under Chatham House Rules and will not be recorded. We are looking forward to welcoming you to this interesting seminar.

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SwissCham非常高兴邀请您参加2023年星光系列网络研讨会的即将到来的网络研讨会：与中国保持对话。在本系列的第二次交流中，中国宏观集团（CMG）的联合创始人兼董事总经理，星光和苏黎世瑞士商会（SCCC）的董事会成员马库斯·赫尔曼（Markus HERRMANN）将与清华大学经济管理学院教授、曼斯菲尔德·弗里曼讲座教授、院长白重恩（BAI Chong-En）进行对话。

在去年具有重要意义的第20届党代表大会上，中国共产党总书记习近平重申："发展是我们党执政和治理的第一要务，是实现中华民族伟大复兴的战略支撑"。与此同时，面对国内外多重挑战的背景下，党放弃了"重要战略机遇期"的概念，现将其描述为"存在战略机遇、风险和挑战的发展时期"。为了应对这种新情况，中国共产党领导层承诺要更好地平衡供给侧和需求侧政策，并加强国内需求。因此，去年12月，中国共产党中央委员会和国务院联合发布了《扩大国内需求战略规划（2022-2035年）》，这是指导未来十年"高质量发展"的新经济蓝图。是什么推动了这种政策转变？我们可以从新政府，尤其是新经济领导层中期望什么？政府重组对经济工作意味着什么？中国仍有可能在2035年之前实现将2020年人均国内生产总值翻一倍的目标吗？

温馨提示：所有网络研讨会均遵循查塔姆宫规则，非公开会议，不会被记录。欢迎您参加此次网络研讨会。

With best regards,

Your SwissCham Team