• The China Model Is Dead

    From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 8 09:40:04 2023
    What is the China Model per Western imagination?
    The following excerpted from TheAtlantic.com provides a good answer.

    1. Invest and build to increase economic growth.
    2. Borrow if necessary.
    3. Repeat 1 and 2 for political necessity.

    "The demise of the China model is in many ways a function of its tremendous success. When China’s free-market reforms were just getting under way in 1980, the country was poorer, per capita, than Ghana or Pakistan. Today, China has an $18 trillion
    economy capable of devising 5G telecom networks and electric vehicles.

    The motor of the China model is investment, and lots of it—into factories, highways, airports, shopping malls, apartment towers, you name it. China was destitute at the outset of its reforms, and much of the new infrastructure was necessary. Better
    transport systems helped to boost economic efficiency; new housing sheltered families migrating from farms to cities in search of opportunity. The investments turned China into the world’s factory floor and produced eye-popping rates of growth.

    Over time, China developed a more advanced economy, but the state and companies nevertheless kept on building. The growth rate stayed high, but now the economy was generating wasteful excess that undermined its health.
    ...
    The Chinese “continue to invest beyond what they can actually absorb,” Alicia Garcia-Herrero, a senior fellow and specialist in Asian economies at the think tank Bruegel, told me. “This is why their model went wrong.”

    As a result of all this unproductive investment—much of it financed by borrowing—China’s debt has expanded much faster than its economy. A decade ago, China’s total debt was about twice the size of the country’s economy; now it’s three times
    as large. Michael Pettis, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writes that China has “among the fastest growing debt burdens in history.”

    Politics have exacerbated the debt problem. The Communist Party has trumpeted high growth rates as proof of its legitimacy and competence, so when growth rates have slipped below targets, authorities unleashed credit to pump them back up. The
    International Monetary Fund estimates that China’s local governments have amassed $9 trillion in debt in the name of financing infrastructure projects."

    https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/09/china-economy-slowdown-xi-jinping/675236/

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  • From V@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 10 04:05:38 2023
    I don't believe this !!!!!!!!!

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 10 10:04:33 2023
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 7:05:40 AM UTC-4, V wrote:
    I don't believe this !!!!!!!!!

    The China Model is Dead has at least two meanings:
    1: Reactively, the model does not work. Failure is inevitable and currently it is dead.
    2: Proactively, the Chinese government had abandoned the model. It is currently dead.

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 12 05:53:29 2023
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 1:04:35 PM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 7:05:40 AM UTC-4, V wrote:
    I don't believe this !!!!!!!!!
    The China Model is Dead has at least two meanings:
    1: Reactively, the model does not work. Failure is inevitable and currently it is dead.
    2: Proactively, the Chinese government had abandoned the model. It is currently dead.

    Actually, I cannot tell whether the so called "China Model" is death.
    1. Invest and build to increase economic growth.
    2. Borrow if necessary.
    3. Repeat 1 and 2 for political necessity.

    In some sense, 1 to 3 are necessary steps for any government to develop and/or maintain economic growth.
    Of course, state directed borrowing, as well as market directed borrowing could become excessive.

    The question is then: Has China over-borrowed?
    Many articles appeared in Western media had pronounced that China had over-borrowed. And China's debt per
    its GDP is higher than US national debt per US GDP. But most were comparing apples to oranges. That is, they
    were comparing China's total debt to US federal government's debt.

    More important, an simple indicator was not mentioned at all. All other being equal, the ratio between additional
    investment and additional GDP is the best indicator regarding the effectiveness of investment/debt. A ratio of 1 ,
    that is one dollar of additional investment/debt would produce one dollar of additional GDP, is better than a ratio
    of N>1. On the other hand, if 8 or 9 dollar of investment/debt is required to increase the GDP by one dollar, it is sure
    of excessive investment. It could also suggest impending doom such as the Great Recession o 2008.

    Don't know to what degree the Chinese government is abandoning the model. But there are signs that the Chinese
    government is reshaping its approach.

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 13 05:41:40 2023
    On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 8:53:32 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 1:04:35 PM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 7:05:40 AM UTC-4, V wrote:
    I don't believe this !!!!!!!!!
    The China Model is Dead has at least two meanings:
    1: Reactively, the model does not work. Failure is inevitable and currently it is dead.
    2: Proactively, the Chinese government had abandoned the model. It is currently dead.
    Actually, I cannot tell whether the so called "China Model" is death.
    1. Invest and build to increase economic growth.
    2. Borrow if necessary.
    3. Repeat 1 and 2 for political necessity.
    In some sense, 1 to 3 are necessary steps for any government to develop and/or maintain economic growth.
    Of course, state directed borrowing, as well as market directed borrowing could become excessive.

    The question is then: Has China over-borrowed?
    Many articles appeared in Western media had pronounced that China had over-borrowed. And China's debt per
    its GDP is higher than US national debt per US GDP. But most were comparing apples to oranges. That is, they
    were comparing China's total debt to US federal government's debt.

    More important, an simple indicator was not mentioned at all. All other being equal, the ratio between additional
    investment and additional GDP is the best indicator regarding the effectiveness of investment/debt. A ratio of 1 ,
    that is one dollar of additional investment/debt would produce one dollar of additional GDP, is better than a ratio
    of N>1. On the other hand, if 8 or 9 dollar of investment/debt is required to increase the GDP by one dollar, it is sure
    of excessive investment. It could also suggest impending doom such as the Great Recession o 2008.

    Don't know to what degree the Chinese government is abandoning the model. But there are signs that the Chinese
    government is reshaping its approach.

    One is the reform is the Supply Side Structural Reform to curb ineffective/excessive investment and to improve
    internal demand/consumption: http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/english/spc/2017-07/31/content_747684.htm

    "In the past, people’s reflexive response to realizing economic growth is to expand domestic demand, thus
    stimulating growth. Now, we need to change our mind and find new and modern means to achieve this: supply-
    side structural reform. By improving the supply system, we can emancipate productive forces and improve
    competitiveness, thus spurring economic development.
    ...
    IN late 2015, a new term appeared in China’s political and economic field, supply-side structural reform,
    which was introduced as a new measure to solve new problems since China’s economy entered its “new
    normal.” As China’s middle-income population continues to grow, China has witnessed diversified, personalized,
    and upgraded demands. In addition, the upgraded industries are lodging higher demands for productive
    services involving R&D, designing, standards, supply chain, marketing networks, and logistics. In comparison,


    the supply side has clearly lagged behind China’s demand, with superfluous, invalid low-end supply and insufficient
    mid-high supply. What’s more, some existing mechanisms and institutions restrained the supply side from adjustment,
    leading to the situation in which production factors cannot conveniently flow to mid- to high-end sectors from low-end
    fields, and China’s supply potential of new products and services cannot be unleashed."

    The Supply Side Structural Reform is later morphed into the Double Circulation: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202007/27/WS5f1e0c65a31083481725c184.html

    "Although Xi said in his key speech at a symposium with corporate leaders in Beijing on Tuesday that greater efforts
    should be made to spur the vitality of market entities and promote entrepreneurship to leverage the strength of the huge
    domestic market in the face of rising protectionism, a sluggish global economy and a weakening international market,
    he ruled out the possibility of China closing its doors on other economies. Instead, he said, China will unleash the full
    potential of its domestic demand, improve connectivity between the domestic and international markets, and better use
    resources and the two markets to propel stronger and sustainable development.

    Only when both the domestic and global markets function smoothly can the Chinese economy overcome the multiple
    challenges facing it.
    ...
    China has huge room to increase domestic demand. And given its vast land mass, abundant resources and capability to
    build a relatively sound industrial chain, China can boost its economy by greatly relying on growing domestic demand.

    China has the world's largest and most sound industrial system, strong industrial production capacity, more than 100 million
    market players and over 170 million talents with higher education diplomas and/or special skills. More important, it has 1.4
    billion consumers including more than 400 million middle-income residents. In addition, its new type of industrialization,
    urbanization, agricultural modernization and informatization can support a domestic demand-oriented development model.

    But what China is really pursuing is smooth functioning of the economic cycles of both the domestic and global markets
    based on the healthy performance of the domestic economy-or a "dual circulation" development pattern that comprises the
    optimum exploitation of domestic market resources, and exchanges between the domestic and international one. Which
    means China will not shut the door on the world and, instead, it will further open up its economy to the outside world."

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 14 06:14:34 2023
    On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:41:42 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 8:53:32 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 1:04:35 PM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 7:05:40 AM UTC-4, V wrote:
    I don't believe this !!!!!!!!!
    The China Model is Dead has at least two meanings:
    1: Reactively, the model does not work. Failure is inevitable and currently it is dead.
    2: Proactively, the Chinese government had abandoned the model. It is currently dead.
    Actually, I cannot tell whether the so called "China Model" is death.
    1. Invest and build to increase economic growth.
    2. Borrow if necessary.
    3. Repeat 1 and 2 for political necessity.
    In some sense, 1 to 3 are necessary steps for any government to develop and/or maintain economic growth.
    Of course, state directed borrowing, as well as market directed borrowing could become excessive.

    The question is then: Has China over-borrowed?
    Many articles appeared in Western media had pronounced that China had over-borrowed. And China's debt per
    its GDP is higher than US national debt per US GDP. But most were comparing apples to oranges. That is, they
    were comparing China's total debt to US federal government's debt.

    More important, an simple indicator was not mentioned at all. All other being equal, the ratio between additional
    investment and additional GDP is the best indicator regarding the effectiveness of investment/debt. A ratio of 1 ,
    that is one dollar of additional investment/debt would produce one dollar of additional GDP, is better than a ratio
    of N>1. On the other hand, if 8 or 9 dollar of investment/debt is required to increase the GDP by one dollar, it is sure
    of excessive investment. It could also suggest impending doom such as the Great Recession o 2008.

    Don't know to what degree the Chinese government is abandoning the model. But there are signs that the Chinese
    government is reshaping its approach.
    One is the reform is the Supply Side Structural Reform to curb ineffective/excessive investment and to improve
    internal demand/consumption: http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/english/spc/2017-07/31/content_747684.htm

    "In the past, people’s reflexive response to realizing economic growth is to expand domestic demand, thus
    stimulating growth. Now, we need to change our mind and find new and modern means to achieve this: supply-
    side structural reform. By improving the supply system, we can emancipate productive forces and improve
    competitiveness, thus spurring economic development.
    ...
    IN late 2015, a new term appeared in China’s political and economic field, supply-side structural reform,
    which was introduced as a new measure to solve new problems since China’s economy entered its “new
    normal.” As China’s middle-income population continues to grow, China has witnessed diversified, personalized,
    and upgraded demands. In addition, the upgraded industries are lodging higher demands for productive
    services involving R&D, designing, standards, supply chain, marketing networks, and logistics. In comparison,


    the supply side has clearly lagged behind China’s demand, with superfluous, invalid low-end supply and insufficient
    mid-high supply. What’s more, some existing mechanisms and institutions restrained the supply side from adjustment,
    leading to the situation in which production factors cannot conveniently flow to mid- to high-end sectors from low-end
    fields, and China’s supply potential of new products and services cannot be unleashed."

    The Supply Side Structural Reform is later morphed into the Double Circulation:
    https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202007/27/WS5f1e0c65a31083481725c184.html

    "Although Xi said in his key speech at a symposium with corporate leaders in Beijing on Tuesday that greater efforts
    should be made to spur the vitality of market entities and promote entrepreneurship to leverage the strength of the huge
    domestic market in the face of rising protectionism, a sluggish global economy and a weakening international market,
    he ruled out the possibility of China closing its doors on other economies. Instead, he said, China will unleash the full
    potential of its domestic demand, improve connectivity between the domestic and international markets, and better use
    resources and the two markets to propel stronger and sustainable development.

    Only when both the domestic and global markets function smoothly can the Chinese economy overcome the multiple
    challenges facing it.
    ...
    China has huge room to increase domestic demand. And given its vast land mass, abundant resources and capability to
    build a relatively sound industrial chain, China can boost its economy by greatly relying on growing domestic demand.

    China has the world's largest and most sound industrial system, strong industrial production capacity, more than 100 million
    market players and over 170 million talents with higher education diplomas and/or special skills. More important, it has 1.4
    billion consumers including more than 400 million middle-income residents. In addition, its new type of industrialization,
    urbanization, agricultural modernization and informatization can support a domestic demand-oriented development model.

    But what China is really pursuing is smooth functioning of the economic cycles of both the domestic and global markets
    based on the healthy performance of the domestic economy-or a "dual circulation" development pattern that comprises the
    optimum exploitation of domestic market resources, and exchanges between the domestic and international one. Which
    means China will not shut the door on the world and, instead, it will further open up its economy to the outside world."

    Another reform is environmental related represented by the slogan
    "Clear waters and green mountains are as good as mountains of gold and silver." (綠水青山就是金山銀山)

    "Yucun, cradle and model
    In a bid to reduce poverty, Yucun pursued economic growth from mining in the 1990s. At its peak in the mid-1990s, the remote
    village with a population of only 1,000 people across 280 households boasted an average annual per capita income of 3,000
    yuan (434 U.S. dollars), nearly the equivalent of the provincial capital Hangzhou.

    However, the source of the prosperity also delivered problems. Bao Xinmin, Party secretary of Yucun, told CGTN, "Mines were like
    gold and silver mountains then. [But as a result of heavy mining] our water and mountains became heavily polluted."

    In 2003, the village ended its reliance on the "stone economy" and tried to restore the local ecosystem.

    In August 2005, the move won the praise of Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist
    Party of China. During a visit to the village, he spoke highly of the local government's efforts to stop mining activities and close
    cement factories in order to deal with serious pollution.

    "Just now you said that you've made the decision to shut down some mines, which is a wise move. Lucid waters and lush mountains
    are invaluable assets," Xi told the local officials at a meeting, according to a video released by China Central Television.

    "The green development concept has given a face-lift and resulted in fascinating changes to the village, improving the residents'
    income six times," Pan Wenge, former Party secretary of Yucun, told China Daily.

    Over the past 15 years, villagers have planted trees on the mountains, turning the scarred slopes green again. Green development has
    also been boosted with white tea farms, rural tourism and ecotourism. "

    https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-08-15/15-years-on-In-China-green-is-new-gold-SmyH5dCEvu/index.html

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 15 04:01:43 2023
    On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 9:14:36 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:41:42 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 8:53:32 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 1:04:35 PM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 7:05:40 AM UTC-4, V wrote:
    I don't believe this !!!!!!!!!
    The China Model is Dead has at least two meanings:
    1: Reactively, the model does not work. Failure is inevitable and currently it is dead.
    2: Proactively, the Chinese government had abandoned the model. It is currently dead.
    Actually, I cannot tell whether the so called "China Model" is death.
    1. Invest and build to increase economic growth.
    2. Borrow if necessary.
    3. Repeat 1 and 2 for political necessity.
    In some sense, 1 to 3 are necessary steps for any government to develop and/or maintain economic growth.
    Of course, state directed borrowing, as well as market directed borrowing could become excessive.

    The question is then: Has China over-borrowed?
    Many articles appeared in Western media had pronounced that China had over-borrowed. And China's debt per
    its GDP is higher than US national debt per US GDP. But most were comparing apples to oranges. That is, they
    were comparing China's total debt to US federal government's debt.

    More important, an simple indicator was not mentioned at all. All other being equal, the ratio between additional
    investment and additional GDP is the best indicator regarding the effectiveness of investment/debt. A ratio of 1 ,
    that is one dollar of additional investment/debt would produce one dollar of additional GDP, is better than a ratio
    of N>1. On the other hand, if 8 or 9 dollar of investment/debt is required to increase the GDP by one dollar, it is sure
    of excessive investment. It could also suggest impending doom such as the Great Recession o 2008.

    Don't know to what degree the Chinese government is abandoning the model. But there are signs that the Chinese
    government is reshaping its approach.
    One is the reform is the Supply Side Structural Reform to curb ineffective/excessive investment and to improve
    internal demand/consumption: http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/english/spc/2017-07/31/content_747684.htm

    "In the past, people’s reflexive response to realizing economic growth is to expand domestic demand, thus
    stimulating growth. Now, we need to change our mind and find new and modern means to achieve this: supply-
    side structural reform. By improving the supply system, we can emancipate productive forces and improve
    competitiveness, thus spurring economic development.
    ...
    IN late 2015, a new term appeared in China’s political and economic field, supply-side structural reform,
    which was introduced as a new measure to solve new problems since China’s economy entered its “new
    normal.” As China’s middle-income population continues to grow, China has witnessed diversified, personalized,
    and upgraded demands. In addition, the upgraded industries are lodging higher demands for productive
    services involving R&D, designing, standards, supply chain, marketing networks, and logistics. In comparison,


    the supply side has clearly lagged behind China’s demand, with superfluous, invalid low-end supply and insufficient
    mid-high supply. What’s more, some existing mechanisms and institutions restrained the supply side from adjustment,
    leading to the situation in which production factors cannot conveniently flow to mid- to high-end sectors from low-end
    fields, and China’s supply potential of new products and services cannot be unleashed."

    The Supply Side Structural Reform is later morphed into the Double Circulation:
    https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202007/27/WS5f1e0c65a31083481725c184.html

    "Although Xi said in his key speech at a symposium with corporate leaders in Beijing on Tuesday that greater efforts
    should be made to spur the vitality of market entities and promote entrepreneurship to leverage the strength of the huge
    domestic market in the face of rising protectionism, a sluggish global economy and a weakening international market,
    he ruled out the possibility of China closing its doors on other economies. Instead, he said, China will unleash the full
    potential of its domestic demand, improve connectivity between the domestic and international markets, and better use
    resources and the two markets to propel stronger and sustainable development.

    Only when both the domestic and global markets function smoothly can the Chinese economy overcome the multiple
    challenges facing it.
    ...
    China has huge room to increase domestic demand. And given its vast land mass, abundant resources and capability to
    build a relatively sound industrial chain, China can boost its economy by greatly relying on growing domestic demand.

    China has the world's largest and most sound industrial system, strong industrial production capacity, more than 100 million
    market players and over 170 million talents with higher education diplomas and/or special skills. More important, it has 1.4
    billion consumers including more than 400 million middle-income residents. In addition, its new type of industrialization,
    urbanization, agricultural modernization and informatization can support a domestic demand-oriented development model.

    But what China is really pursuing is smooth functioning of the economic cycles of both the domestic and global markets
    based on the healthy performance of the domestic economy-or a "dual circulation" development pattern that comprises the
    optimum exploitation of domestic market resources, and exchanges between the domestic and international one. Which
    means China will not shut the door on the world and, instead, it will further open up its economy to the outside world."
    Another reform is environmental related represented by the slogan
    "Clear waters and green mountains are as good as mountains of gold and silver." (綠水青山就是金山銀山)

    "Yucun, cradle and model
    In a bid to reduce poverty, Yucun pursued economic growth from mining in the 1990s. At its peak in the mid-1990s, the remote
    village with a population of only 1,000 people across 280 households boasted an average annual per capita income of 3,000
    yuan (434 U.S. dollars), nearly the equivalent of the provincial capital Hangzhou.

    However, the source of the prosperity also delivered problems. Bao Xinmin, Party secretary of Yucun, told CGTN, "Mines were like
    gold and silver mountains then. [But as a result of heavy mining] our water and mountains became heavily polluted."

    In 2003, the village ended its reliance on the "stone economy" and tried to restore the local ecosystem.

    In August 2005, the move won the praise of Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist
    Party of China. During a visit to the village, he spoke highly of the local government's efforts to stop mining activities and close
    cement factories in order to deal with serious pollution.

    "Just now you said that you've made the decision to shut down some mines, which is a wise move. Lucid waters and lush mountains
    are invaluable assets," Xi told the local officials at a meeting, according to a video released by China Central Television.

    "The green development concept has given a face-lift and resulted in fascinating changes to the village, improving the residents'
    income six times," Pan Wenge, former Party secretary of Yucun, told China Daily.

    Over the past 15 years, villagers have planted trees on the mountains, turning the scarred slopes green again. Green development has
    also been boosted with white tea farms, rural tourism and ecotourism. "

    https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-08-15/15-years-on-In-China-green-is-new-gold-SmyH5dCEvu/index.html

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 15 04:05:49 2023
    On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 9:14:36 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:41:42 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 8:53:32 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 1:04:35 PM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 7:05:40 AM UTC-4, V wrote:
    I don't believe this !!!!!!!!!
    The China Model is Dead has at least two meanings:
    1: Reactively, the model does not work. Failure is inevitable and currently it is dead.
    2: Proactively, the Chinese government had abandoned the model. It is currently dead.
    Actually, I cannot tell whether the so called "China Model" is death.
    1. Invest and build to increase economic growth.
    2. Borrow if necessary.
    3. Repeat 1 and 2 for political necessity.
    In some sense, 1 to 3 are necessary steps for any government to develop and/or maintain economic growth.
    Of course, state directed borrowing, as well as market directed borrowing could become excessive.

    The question is then: Has China over-borrowed?
    Many articles appeared in Western media had pronounced that China had over-borrowed. And China's debt per
    its GDP is higher than US national debt per US GDP. But most were comparing apples to oranges. That is, they
    were comparing China's total debt to US federal government's debt.

    More important, an simple indicator was not mentioned at all. All other being equal, the ratio between additional
    investment and additional GDP is the best indicator regarding the effectiveness of investment/debt. A ratio of 1 ,
    that is one dollar of additional investment/debt would produce one dollar of additional GDP, is better than a ratio
    of N>1. On the other hand, if 8 or 9 dollar of investment/debt is required to increase the GDP by one dollar, it is sure
    of excessive investment. It could also suggest impending doom such as the Great Recession o 2008.

    Don't know to what degree the Chinese government is abandoning the model. But there are signs that the Chinese
    government is reshaping its approach.
    One is the reform is the Supply Side Structural Reform to curb ineffective/excessive investment and to improve
    internal demand/consumption: http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/english/spc/2017-07/31/content_747684.htm

    "In the past, people’s reflexive response to realizing economic growth is to expand domestic demand, thus
    stimulating growth. Now, we need to change our mind and find new and modern means to achieve this: supply-
    side structural reform. By improving the supply system, we can emancipate productive forces and improve
    competitiveness, thus spurring economic development.
    ...
    IN late 2015, a new term appeared in China’s political and economic field, supply-side structural reform,
    which was introduced as a new measure to solve new problems since China’s economy entered its “new
    normal.” As China’s middle-income population continues to grow, China has witnessed diversified, personalized,
    and upgraded demands. In addition, the upgraded industries are lodging higher demands for productive
    services involving R&D, designing, standards, supply chain, marketing networks, and logistics. In comparison,


    the supply side has clearly lagged behind China’s demand, with superfluous, invalid low-end supply and insufficient
    mid-high supply. What’s more, some existing mechanisms and institutions restrained the supply side from adjustment,
    leading to the situation in which production factors cannot conveniently flow to mid- to high-end sectors from low-end
    fields, and China’s supply potential of new products and services cannot be unleashed."

    The Supply Side Structural Reform is later morphed into the Double Circulation:
    https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202007/27/WS5f1e0c65a31083481725c184.html

    "Although Xi said in his key speech at a symposium with corporate leaders in Beijing on Tuesday that greater efforts
    should be made to spur the vitality of market entities and promote entrepreneurship to leverage the strength of the huge
    domestic market in the face of rising protectionism, a sluggish global economy and a weakening international market,
    he ruled out the possibility of China closing its doors on other economies. Instead, he said, China will unleash the full
    potential of its domestic demand, improve connectivity between the domestic and international markets, and better use
    resources and the two markets to propel stronger and sustainable development.

    Only when both the domestic and global markets function smoothly can the Chinese economy overcome the multiple
    challenges facing it.
    ...
    China has huge room to increase domestic demand. And given its vast land mass, abundant resources and capability to
    build a relatively sound industrial chain, China can boost its economy by greatly relying on growing domestic demand.

    China has the world's largest and most sound industrial system, strong industrial production capacity, more than 100 million
    market players and over 170 million talents with higher education diplomas and/or special skills. More important, it has 1.4
    billion consumers including more than 400 million middle-income residents. In addition, its new type of industrialization,
    urbanization, agricultural modernization and informatization can support a domestic demand-oriented development model.

    But what China is really pursuing is smooth functioning of the economic cycles of both the domestic and global markets
    based on the healthy performance of the domestic economy-or a "dual circulation" development pattern that comprises the
    optimum exploitation of domestic market resources, and exchanges between the domestic and international one. Which
    means China will not shut the door on the world and, instead, it will further open up its economy to the outside world."
    Another reform is environmental related represented by the slogan
    "Clear waters and green mountains are as good as mountains of gold and silver." (綠水青山就是金山銀山)

    "Yucun, cradle and model
    In a bid to reduce poverty, Yucun pursued economic growth from mining in the 1990s. At its peak in the mid-1990s, the remote
    village with a population of only 1,000 people across 280 households boasted an average annual per capita income of 3,000
    yuan (434 U.S. dollars), nearly the equivalent of the provincial capital Hangzhou.

    However, the source of the prosperity also delivered problems. Bao Xinmin, Party secretary of Yucun, told CGTN, "Mines were like
    gold and silver mountains then. [But as a result of heavy mining] our water and mountains became heavily polluted."

    In 2003, the village ended its reliance on the "stone economy" and tried to restore the local ecosystem.

    In August 2005, the move won the praise of Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist
    Party of China. During a visit to the village, he spoke highly of the local government's efforts to stop mining activities and close
    cement factories in order to deal with serious pollution.

    "Just now you said that you've made the decision to shut down some mines, which is a wise move. Lucid waters and lush mountains
    are invaluable assets," Xi told the local officials at a meeting, according to a video released by China Central Television.

    "The green development concept has given a face-lift and resulted in fascinating changes to the village, improving the residents'
    income six times," Pan Wenge, former Party secretary of Yucun, told China Daily.

    Over the past 15 years, villagers have planted trees on the mountains, turning the scarred slopes green again. Green development has
    also been boosted with white tea farms, rural tourism and ecotourism. "

    https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-08-15/15-years-on-In-China-green-is-new-gold-SmyH5dCEvu/index.html

    On the national level, China's "Clear Waters and Green Mountains" effort has improved air quality and prolonged life expectation.

    https://epic.uchicago.edu/research/chinas-fight-to-win-its-war-against-pollution/

    "In the years before the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, pollution in China had been sharply climbing. The government responded
    with quick reforms that temporarily reduced pollution during the games. The reforms, however, only managed to slow the climb in
    the long run. By 2013, pollution in China had reached record levels. The following year, the same year Beijing applied to host the
    2022 Olympic Games, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang declared a “war against pollution” and vowed that China would tackle pollution
    with the same determination it used to tackle poverty.

    Seven years later, pollution has declined dramatically by about 40 percent. In Beijing, there is half as much pollution compared to
    both 2008 and 2013 levels. In most areas of China, pollution has fallen to levels not seen in more than two decades. To put China’s
    success into context, these reductions account for more than three quarters of the global decline in pollution since 2013. Once the
    United States started to focus on reducing pollution in the early 1970s, it took several decades and recessions to achieve the same
    pollution reductions that China has accomplished in seven years. Due to these improvements, the average Chinese citizen can expect
    to live 2 years longer, provided the reductions are sustained. Residents of Beijing can expect to live 3.7 and 4.6 years longer, since
    2008 and 2013 respectively."

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 19 11:53:27 2023
    On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 8:53:32 AM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 1:04:35 PM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 7:05:40 AM UTC-4, V wrote:
    I don't believe this !!!!!!!!!
    The China Model is Dead has at least two meanings:
    1: Reactively, the model does not work. Failure is inevitable and currently it is dead.
    2: Proactively, the Chinese government had abandoned the model. It is currently dead.
    Actually, I cannot tell whether the so called "China Model" is death.
    1. Invest and build to increase economic growth.
    2. Borrow if necessary.
    3. Repeat 1 and 2 for political necessity.
    In some sense, 1 to 3 are necessary steps for any government to develop and/or maintain economic growth.
    Of course, state directed borrowing, as well as market directed borrowing could become excessive.

    If the above 1 to 3 constitute China Model, what is the US Model?
    Is the US Model working? Or has it passed it used by date?

    The question is then: Has China over-borrowed?
    Many articles appeared in Western media had pronounced that China had over-borrowed. And China's debt per
    its GDP is higher than US national debt per US GDP. But most were comparing apples to oranges. That is, they
    were comparing China's total debt to US federal government's debt.

    More important, an simple indicator was not mentioned at all. All other being equal, the ratio between additional
    investment and additional GDP is the best indicator regarding the effectiveness of investment/debt. A ratio of 1 ,
    that is one dollar of additional investment/debt would produce one dollar of additional GDP, is better than a ratio
    of N>1. On the other hand, if 8 or 9 dollar of investment/debt is required to increase the GDP by one dollar, it is sure
    of excessive investment. It could also suggest impending doom such as the Great Recession o 2008.

    Don't know to what degree the Chinese government is abandoning the model. But there are signs that the Chinese
    government is reshaping its approach.

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