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China's economy slowed significantly in the first three quarters of 2012 and questions have been raised on a possible … understand what is driving this slowdown and how lasting it may be given China's importance as an engine for global growth. Is …

Since the release of the 12th Five-Year Plan in 2011, a reform of China's household registration system – the so … so far (beyond some experiments at the provincial level). In the context of growing urbanisation pressures in China, a …

China's economy is at a cross roads. The factors that have driven its economic transformation over the last decades are …-income' trap, China's leaders are attempting to engineer a reorientation of the economy towards more sustainable sources of growth …. While considerable success has been achieved, more needs to be done more quickly before the authorities in China can prove …

scientific, technological and innovation priorities for the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 7: Secure societies – protecting …