China's Third Plenum 2013 - critical meeting for economic future of country

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10432852/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-Chinas-Third-Plenum.html

The four-day summit kicks off in Beijing on Saturday and will see some of China's top leaders gather behind closed doors to discuss the country's future.

This is a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, not the government, so similar to the UK Conservative Party Conference.

Windy wrote:This is a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, not the government, so similar to the UK Conservative Party Conference.

...except that the party is not in coalition with anyone and has always been in charge!

I see comments suggesting that, if there is no will to reform, the boom will stagnate.

patpending wrote:

Windy wrote:This is a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, not the government, so similar to the UK Conservative Party Conference.

...except that the party is not in coalition with anyone and has always been in charge!

I see comments suggesting that, if there is no will to reform, the boom will stagnate.

It's the peoples government that is in charge, although it is very unlikely that they would not approve what results from this event!

patpending wrote:I see comments suggesting that, if there is no will to reform, the boom will stagnate.

Might be worse that that, I see that Gordon Brown was there in the Great Hall of the People !

http://opinion.publicfinanceinternational.org/2013/11/china-next-steps-for-reform/