China's top leaders are repositioning the country's economic strategies for an increasingly hostile and volatile world amid coronavirus and its rivalry with the United States. The Two Sessions – the largest annual political gathering of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – offered the clearest signals from Beijing about its thinking for the future.

On top of immediate measures such as dropping its annual GDP target and budgeting for a large fiscal deficit, the Chinese authority is looking into 2025 and beyond to survive and thrive after the pandemic. President Xi Jinping warned the country needs to be prepared to face a global economy entering a deep recession, turmoil in global financial markets and increasing geopolitical risks. President Xi, however, expressed belief that the country’s economy will prove resilient in the long term and promised to defend globalisation despite growing support for protectionism in other parts of the world.

Join our webinar to hear political economy experts analyse and discuss topics including:

• The key policy decisions announced during the two sessions and their global impact

• The major economic sectors that will be crucial to China’s growth in the coming years

• How China’s economic agenda impacts global trade and supply chains

• China's key advantages and disadvantages in the global economy

• How the US-China rivalry is shaping a new mentality in Beijing

• Is China turning inward or will their economic policies continue to look outward?

Moderator:

Zhou Xin, News Editor, Political Economy, South China Morning Post

Panellists:

Hao Hong, Managing Director & Head of Research, BOCOM International

Louis Kuijs, Head of Asia Economics, Oxford Economics