First published: The Wire China 21 December 2025
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The CCP’s annual Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) took place just over
a week ago, concluding just before a press conference at which senior International
Monetary Fund officials answered questions about their soon-to-be-published annual
Article IV report on the state of China’s economy. Both events shed light on the 2026
outlook. The topics were identical, then — the views not so much.
The CEWC mostly echoed the content of the Fourth Plenum in October and the December
Politburo meeting, serving as a bridge between the 14th and 15th Five Year Plans. The
government’s normal enthusiastic rhetoric confirmed that it is ‘on the correct path’, but,
having acknowledged a range of persistent, specific problems, it nevertheless set out multiple prescriptive policy measures designed to address them yet again, or anew. Read on…..https://www.thewirechina.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Beijings-Serene-View-of-the-Chinese-Economy-Ignores-The-Major-Issues.pdf
