Beijing Review

President: Li Yafang Associate Editor in Chief: Li Jianguo Associate President: Yan Ying Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Liu Yunyun, Ding Ying Production Director: Yao Bin Editorial Administrators: Zeng Wenhui, Hou

China’s Central Economic Work Conference, which took place between December 16 and 18, 2020, is a regular event occurring at the end of every year. Reviewing the economic efforts of the past year, analyzing the current situation and making preparatio

Villagers harvest oranges in Zigui, a county in Yichang, Hubei Province in central China, on December 27, 2020. The county is a major producer of oranges and has a long history of growing the fruit. The Beijing-Xiong’an intercity railway opened to tr

The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce released a revised industry catalog on December 28, 2020, that names more sectors encouraging foreign investment. It will come into effect on January 27. Compared with the cu

($1=6.7 yuan) January-November 2020 Profit (bln yuan) Growth (y.o.y.) A State-holding enterprises B Shareholding corporations C Foreign-, Hong Kong-, Macao- and Taiwan-funded D Privately owned January-November 2020 (bln yuan) January-November 2020 (y

Zhong Shanshan, the founder of Nongfu Spring Co., a bottled water company, is the third richest person with $53.7 billion in China’s 400 Richest 2020 by Forbes China, following Alibaba’s co-founder Jack Ma and Tencent founder Pony Ma. Zhong, 66, work

The author is research director of J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities, University of Colorado Denver Compared with the progress and status of China’s economy and trade, its financial system seems to be much less impressive and powerful. Many analysts

The year 2021 is a big year for the People’s Republic of China. Mid-year will see the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. It will also mark one of the nation’s centennial goals, referred to over the last few years, when

As we move into the new year with cautious optimism while still facing lingering challenges from 2020, the annus horribilis, and prepare for other challenges, including global warming and those that have not yet emerged but surely will, here are six

After U.S. National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe proclaimed that “China is National Security Threat No.1” in a Wall Street Journal article on December 3, 2020, he followed it up with a Fox News interview a few days later, claiming that China

China’s National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce have jointly issued new measures for security review of foreign investment. Issued on December 19, 2020 under the approval of the State Council, the new measures are set to t

China has begun to implement its plan to vaccinate priority groups against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within this late winter-early spring timeframe. The southern province of Guangdong had vaccinated 180,000 people in priority groups as

Though China’s new Export Control Law came into force at the end of last year, on December 1, 2020, its coming was anticipated earlier. In November, the prices of rare earth elements, of which China is the largest exporter in the world, had jumped in

When Xing Zuzhong, a medical worker in Hunan Province, central China, went to neighboring Hubei to help control the novel coronavirus epidemic in early 2020, he had no idea that he would become a statistical milestone. On December 22, 2020, after the

My eyes witnessed the shining miracle,And my ears heard the sound of time flying;I met an old Chinese man,His words had tea garden, Kungfu and Tai Chi;I met a young Chinese man and he talked aboutLights, skyscrapers and high technology. This is a poe

Upon receiving the news that Taijiquan was decorated with a world intangible cultural heritage accolade on December 17, 2020, Chen Ziqiang was teaching a Taijiquan class in his hometown. The 43-year-old Taijiquan coach’s phone was soon buzzing with c

As the world’s biggest developing country and also the second-largest economy, China is working hard to eradicate poverty. In September 2020, I had the chance to visit Yunnan Province in southwest China with fellow Africans at the invitation of Beiji