The 20th CPC Central Committee recently adopted a resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization. It is described as a wide-ranging blueprint that will guide China’s reforms and opening-up for years to come. The communique also draws a clear path for China’s continuous high-quality development. Economic reform is a priority as China works to achieve a high-standard socialist economy by 2035.

To understand how far China has come, we must first look back to the year 1978.  The Third Plenum of the 11th CPC Central Committee in 1978 laid the groundwork for economic reform and opening-up policies that has been a model for China’s success. It’s been remarkable to watch, some call it the largest global reduction in inequality in modern history. 

Keynote speakers:

• Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the author of numerous books, including “How China’s Leaders Think: The Inside Story of China’s Reform and What This Means for the Future” and is the recipient of the China Reform Friendship Medal.
• Stephen Kennedy Smith is the Chairman of New Frontier Bio and Board Member of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
• Hu Wei is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of China U.S.A. for his thoughts on China’s deepening reform.

Guests:

• Anthony Moretti is the Department Head and Associate Professor of Communication and Organizational Leadership at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania.
• Anthony Chan is a former Chief Economist for JP-Morgan Chase and Company.
• William Jones is the former Washington Bureau Chief of the publication, Executive Intelligence Review.