The new leadership should "consider" setting up an institution to oversee reform and redefine the function of government, a leading economist said.
Discussion of China's policy agenda under new leadership is heating up at the World Economic Forum that opened in Swizerland on Wednesday.
The new leadership should "seriously consider" setting up an overarching institution to design China's reform agenda to redefine the boundaries of the government.
Leading government officials and economists say at the World Economic Forum that China should continue to push forward structural reforms.
French President Francois Hollande will seek to boost Chinese confidence in France and the eurozone in his much-anticipated visit to China.
Luis Alvarez, the chief executive officer of global services at BT, the UK-based global telecom provider, has been in Davos, Switzerland, for three days, and has had more than 50 one-to-one meetings.
The new leadership of China and Japan is likely to take steps to de-escalate tensions over the Diaoyu Islands.
Tian Wei, a presenter with China Central Television, is grateful to the World Economic Forum for giving her a title beginning with "y" ― young global leader. "This is what I like because it begins with 'y'," said Tian, beginning a conversation with me at the annual conference in Davos.
Iceland and Switzerland are racing to become the first European countries to ink free trade agreements with China, to boost trade with the world's second-largest economy.
The global financial structure remains little changed five years on from the onset of the crisis, the deputy director general of the IMF said.Davos forum
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Weak demand globally especially in the EU is the biggest external challenge for China's economy in 2013, said European economists.