Report: Plateau China: Reform in the ten years after the Third Plenum of 2013
By Charles Parton
I am happy to share a report from Charles Parton, an Associate Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy and a retired British diplomat with a long history of working on China-related issues.
Plateau China: Reform in the ten years after the Third Plenum of 2013 analyses what to expect at the Third Plenum of the 20th Party Congress, and where the People’s Republic of China (PRC) stands ten years after the Third Plenum of 2013.
The report is long and so I have included it as a PDF at the end of introductory comments from him. I hope you find it useful - Bill
Charles Parton:
The 3rd Plenum – a retreating mirage?
The attached report looks at the decade of reform since the 3rd plenum of November 2013. It was written in expectation of a 3rd plenum last or this month. The norm is seven plenums during the course of a five-year Central Committee term and they are generally announced at the politburo meeting at the end of the preceding month.
Since 1980 3rd Plenums have been held usually in October, some…