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What’s Hot: China's Third Plenum 2024 - Choices and Challenges at the Crossroads
China’s four-day Third Plenum, typically focused on economic policies and reforms, concluded on 18 July 2024. Historically, these meetings have introduced significant changes, such as Deng Xiaoping's "reform and opening-up" policy in 1978, which catalysed China's economic growth. Held every five years, the outcomes of these meetings often have lasting impacts on the nation's economy. Given the closed-door nature of the Third Plenum, only a brief communique has been released as of writing of this article on 19 July 2024, leaving the specifics of the decisions unknown. Initial market reactions were subdued, with the ... (full story)