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The article discusses monetary policies in China amid the covid-19 pandemic and a proposal to monetise the deficitmeets widespread scor. Topics include announcement of the finance ministry to issue the central and provincial governments 8.5trn Yuan in new bonds in 2020; options to cut interest rates to reduce banks' required reserves to expand the money supply; and plans to save many state-owned companies from defaulting.

The article discusses the degree to which the economic system in China is capitalistic, arguing that capitalism is not prominent in China, citing the power of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese economic policy and state-owned enterprises. It compares capitalism in the West with China's hybrid economy.

The stock market turmoil in China revealed a certain amount of disarray in the top-down economic policy process designed by the Third Plenum. In line with traditional division of responsibility, the State Council and Premier Li Keqiang have been playing a central role in coordinating dayto- day economic policy. This is evident with respect to both stock market policy and state enterprise reform. Competing policy entrepreneurs will drive the next step of the policy agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses prospects for the economy of China as it enters the normal condition which is characterized by lower growth. Topics discussed include the government's setting of a 7% economic growth target for 2015, the contribution of industries on the economy, and the reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Also mentioned are internationalization of the renminbi (RMB) and the role of technical innovation and labor productivity on economic growth.

The article discusses ways to convert China's challenges into opportunities. These challenges include the economic restructuring in an unsettling international environment, concerns related to the Belt and Road Initiative, and the need to reform state-owned enterprises. The nation should compete globally within a system that sometimes privileges the larger over the small.

The article discusses the impact of fake state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the economy of China in 2019.

The article reports on the declining economy of the north-eastern region of China comprised of the provinces Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning. Topics discussed include the factors behind the stagnant economic growth of the region, the influence of state-owned enterprises (SOE) on the region's economy and the recommendations made by Chinese economist Justin Yifu Lin to promote economic growth in the region. Also discussed is the implication of the region's performance for the national economy.

This section offers economic news briefs in China for the week of February 16, 2017. Topics mentioned include global ratings agency Fitch's forecast about an increase in the sales of retailers to be driven by the recovery in luxury spending, People's Bank of China's move to raise the interest rates for reverse repurchase agreements, and the government's plan to complete ownership reforms at over 100 centrally administered state-owned enterprises by the end of the year.

The article discusses reforming Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOE), including free market reform, privatisation (privatization) and allowing for greater economic competition among private firms. The impact that economic reforms will allegedly have on the Chinese economy, including in regard to economic growth, is discussed.

The article discusses the role that private sector businesses play in economic development in China, comparing it with the impact of state capitalism on China's economic conditions. An overview of Chinese industrial state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including their contribution to China's gross domestic product (GDP), is provided.

The article examines the challenges facing the reform of China's state-owned enterprises (SOE). Topics discussed include the decline in business performance, the impact of the government's anti-corruption campaign on SOEs, and China's efforts to prevent the loss of state assets, and encourage and protect reformers' initiative.

The article reports on developments pertaining to the reform of state-owned enterprises (SOE) in China as of June 1, 2015. Topics discussed include the changes in the country's SOEs under the framework set by the third plenum of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, the proposed consolidation and development of the public economy, and the country's efforts to maintain the dominant position of public ownership.

The article focuses on government corporations and government business enterprises in China. The role of the government agency the State-owned Assets Supervision & Administration Commission (SASAC), which is the controlling stockholder in 120 such businesses in corporate governance and management is examined. It is noted that government-owned businesses often make management decisions based on economic policy goals rather than the pursuit of corporate profits.

The article focuses on growth in debts of China in 2015 which include relatively high percentage of private debts. Topics discussed include accumulation of debts of China since financial crisis in 2008, biggest debtors involve large state-owned enterprises (SOES), spurring by the People's Bank of China for reduction of reserve amount in cash banks, agreement of the U.S. Congress for recapitalization of banks and determination of Chinese government to support Yuan.

This section offers news briefs on business and the Chinese economy. Chinese economists have different views on whether inflation should replace deflation as the greater concern following a shift toward post-economic crisis concerns. The government's massive economic stimulus program has prompted many state-owned enterprises to expand through mergers and acquisitions. Lenovo Group Ltd. is planning to reacquire its mobile phone unit, Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology, Ltd.

The article discusses the success of small businesses in China in the 2000s. Small and medium sized businesses have driven the Chinese economy for several years leading up to 2009, but most government support has been directed at larger companies. The global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 has hurt these small businesses more than the larger state-owned companies.

The article discusses Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang's speech at the opening of the annual session of China's National People's Congress on March 5, 2015 in which he called for lower expectations for nation's economy. According to the article, Li Keqiang called for growth of around seven percent in 2015. It states that Li Keqiang is calling for additional economic reforms and government power reductions. An anti-corruption campaign is examined, as well as reforms of state-owned enterprises.

The article focuses on the need for China to reduce its debt in 2014. Topics include why the Chinese government needs to allow the failure of unprofitable companies, the impact of the global financial crisis on China, and the economic growth of the Chinese economy in 2014. Information is provided on the debt created by state-owned enterprises.

The article focuses on Chinese companies' shift toward online sales in 2014. Topics include the development of China's electronic commerce industry, the impact of technology on the Chinese economy, and the increase in China's labor productivity between 2010 and 2014. Topics include how online commerce will impact the state-owned sector within China.

Statistics on China's economy and businesses in 2013 are presented including the year-on-year profit growth of state-owned enterprises in the first eight months, the value of the forest ecological benefit compensation fund, and funds injected by the central bank into markets before October 1-7.

The article presents statistics topics related to the Chinese economy including the total amount of China's investments in the real estate sector from January-September 2009 and the drop in profits of China's state-owned enterprises during the first nine months of 2009.

This article reports on a trade mission sponsored by the Canada China Business Council in Toronto, Ontario. The meeting with Chinese state-owned business executives was disrupted by protests related to China's relationship with Tibet and the 2008 Olympic torch relay. The article also discusses China's economy and Chinese consumers.

This section offers news briefs economic-related news briefs in China. A number of large state-owned enterprises (SOE) are qualified to fully list on the stock markets by floating both A shares and H shares. Retail sales in the country rose 15.9 percent year-on-year to 6.38 trillion in the first nine months of 2007. A tunnel for a major gas pipeline that will run from southwestern Sichuan Province to Shanghai in East China has been completed.

The article reports on economy stability of China in July 2009. The Ministry of Finance of China has announced that the state-owned and state-controlled enterprises had combined sales of 11, 638 billion renminbis (RMB) and earned a profit of 686 billion RMB with a year-on-year drop of 22.8%. Meanwhile, the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) has reported that all industrial enterprises achieved a year-on-year growth of 7.5% in total industrial value added in the first seven months.