CDF 2016
China Development Forum 2016
Since President Xi Jinping’s 2012 inauguration, China has seen tremendous changes in nearly every aspect of its social, political and economic life. The current leadership’s bold moves are almost unprecedented in post-reform Chinese history. Yet old problems persist, new challenges arise. The 2016 LSESU China Development Forum discussed the government’s anti-corruption drive, Shanghai economic free trade zone, export of soft power through overseas cultural-linguistic missions, and policy towards neighbouring countries. In 2016 the Forum examines the government’s shifting policy focus, its commitment to ‘deepening reforms’, and China’s vision for its own future.