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Economic and social progress is expected to dominate discussions at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Party's key meeting that runs from Nov 9 to 12 in Beijing. Expectations are high that the meeting will provide the future reform agenda for China and clear the decks for sustainable, balanced development. The plenum draws great attention from international communities. Foreign observers provide their views on various issues during the process of China's reform in this special coverage. | ||
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China's reform to benefit world |
China in the changing world |
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 Opening up China's reforms at home and opening up outward have mostly gone in tandem, with external opening up providing the much-needed impetus for domestic reform. |
Gregory Chin, associate professor of political science at York University in Toronto Glyn Ford, a former member of the European Parliament Martin Schoenhals, a professor at Columbia University in New York China to be more involved in global affairs |
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 By underlining the "Chinese dream," the new CPC leadership has demonstrated a strong sense of responsibility for the renewal of the Chinese nation. |
Yakov Berger, senior analyst at the stitute of Far-Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Robert Lawrence Kuhn, a longtime counselor to China's leaders James Oruko, a lecturer with Kenya's Egerton University Innovation key to new economic growth, Xi says |
 According to Li Keqiang, China needs to come out with more market-oriented reforms. Although there may be some problems in the short term, adequate competition rules in the long run will help solve the problem, he said. |
A report of British Bank Michal Krol, research associate at the European Center for International Political Economy in Brussels A research report of Standard Chartered Bank Competition and independence are key to SOE reform |
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 Fiscal and financial reforms The much-debated calls for looser financial controls are gaining momentum as the Chinese economy's slowing growth rate raised expectations the world's second biggest economy can sustain its growth by facilitating its real economy. |
Ayumi Konishi, director general of East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Klaus Rohland, the World Bank's Country Director for China spoke about his expectations, and direction of economic reforms.
China's fiscal reform will boost growth |
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 Urbanization and social equality The CPC's new leadership designated urbanization as a growth point of the economy and called for quality and new urbanization at its economic work conference in December, after China's exports were adversely affected by the lingering global crisis. |
Glyn Ford, a former member of the European Parliament Martin Schoenhals, a professor at Columbia University in New York Jim Hagemann Snabe, the co-CEO of SAP AG |
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 Corruption prevention The fight against corruption is likely to be strengthened with more concrete measures during the Party's plenary session. |
Andrey Vinogradov, director of the Center of Political Research, the Russian Academy of Sciences Anti-graft inspections target senior officials |
Environment protection Specific measures are expected to be one of the topics at the meeting in November, providing a feel-good factor to businesses involved in the treatment of air, water and soil pollution. |
Gregory Chin, associate professor of political science at York University in Toronto Terry Tamminen, former secretary of the Californian Environmental Protection Agency |
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