Is China’s Economic Plan Changing?

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Francesca Ghiretti, Gerard DiPippo, Ben Horton

VideoPublished Dec 3, 2025

The trajectory of China’s economy has a global impact. At the Fourth Plenum in October 2025, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party discussed its national development priorities in advance of the publication of its 15th Five-Year Plan. Experts from the RAND Europe China Initiative and RAND China Center share their reflections on the economic outcomes of the Fourth Plenum and consider the implications for the United States and Europe.

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Ghiretti, Francesca, Gerard DiPippo, and Ben Horton, Is China’s Economic Plan Changing? Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2025. https://www.rand.org/pubs/presentations/PTA4592-1.html.
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