Post-pandemic powerhouse: China is moving on

October 2020

Of the world’s major economies, only China will emerge from 2020 with a positive economic growth.

While the rest of the world is still grappling with the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, Beijing is calling its 21st century strategy the ‘Two Circulations’ – with both planks founded on robust private enterprise.

Four China experts – a businessman, an academic, a diplomat and an economist – walk us through China’s post pandemic story. Is this the start of the Asian Century and how will the world be reshaped by China’s mass strength?

In 2020, normal is different.

But China is looking more, well, normal, than pretty much anywhere else. According to the International Monetary Fund’s forecasts, China will be virtually the only major world economy not to undergo a contraction in 2020.

In this special report, China’s path through COVID-19 and beyond into economic growth.

Shownotes and transcript

Read our experts’ insights

A businessman, an academic, a diplomat and an economist walk us through the China recovery story.

Two paths to prosperity in post-pandemic China

The economic narrative coming out of Beijing is the idea of two circulations, but what will that mean for the global economy?

Dr Weijian Shan

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PAG, and author of Out of the Gobi and Money Games

What China’s pandemic response reveals about its past – and its future

Unlike many Western countries, China followed the best science to fight the pandemic.

Kishore Mahbubani

Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

China’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

Absent any major setback, China is achieving the V shaped economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prof Hans Hendrischke

Professor of Chinese business and management at the University of Sydney Business School

Resilience and prospects for China’s economy

Despite being subject to fluctuation, risk and crisis, China’s system holds up.

Chen Xian

Prof Xian Chen

Executive Dean of Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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