***RSVP Required*** The Third Plenum meeting last fall and the creation of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone sparked hopes for promising reforms, however, recent Anti-Monopoly Law machinations continue to fuel doubts. Join longtime China veteran Jim McGregor as he tries to untangle this complex and confounding web.

Please join us for the next session of Young China Watchers in Shanghai:

How Seriously Should We Take Xi Jinping’s Reform Credentials? Assesing the State of Play One Year From the November 2013 Plenum

Duncan Innes-Ker, Senior Editor/Economist for Asia & Australia, The Economist Intelligence Unit

Monday, November 17, 7:15PM at The Wooden Box

After years of rapid growth, China is now faced with the complex task of transitioning both its economy and model of governance. Government leaders are intent on shifting to a more sustainable, consumer-driven economy, while the issues of urbanization, corruption, and environmental degradation hang over the Party’s head. The Third Plenum meeting last fall and the creation of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone sparked hopes for promising reforms, however, recent Anti-Monopoly Law machinations continue to fuel doubts. Join longtime China veteran Jim McGregor as he tries to untangle this complex and confounding web.

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Duncan Innes-Ker heads up a team of analysts covering Asia in the Economist Intelligence Unit, and is responsible for the company’s flagship China product, the China Country Report. He is a frequent commentator for news services and is often invited to share his perspectives with business executives and diplomats. Duncan joined the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2005. He studied at SOAS and Oxford University, and speaks Chinese. Duncan was born in Hong Kong and was most recently based in Beijing from 2008-11, but is currently based in London.

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Young China Watchers is a dynamic group of China-focused young professionals with branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York City and London. Through regular speaker series and roundtables with senior figures in the China policy and business communities, it provides a chance for engaged individuals to interact and discuss the most pressing issues emerging from China today. It aims to build a global network, fostering the next generation of China thought-leaders.

This event is also co-sponsored with the Hopkins China Forum, organized by The Johns Hopkins University and its affiliated alumni associations worldwide.

We encourage you to RSVP and arrive early to secure seats.

Thank you,

Trevor Clark, Head of YCW Shanghai

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