Gradual change has been a hallmark of the Chinese reform experience, and China's success in its sequential approach makes it unique among the former command economies. Since 1979, with the inception of the continuing era of reform, the Chinese economy has flourished. Growth has averaged nine...

Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- China's growth potential to 2050 : a supply-side forecast based on cross-country productivity convergence and its featured labor force -- Is China's current slowdown a cyclical downturn or a long-run trend : a productivity-based analysis -- Policy implications...