Looking at China’s future through the lens of the Five-Year Plan: How ambition matches caution
Sat, Mar 27
|Webinar
Francesca Ghiretti is a researcher in Asia studies at the International Affairs Institute (IAI), where she works mainly on projects concerning Chinese foreign policy, Italy-China relations, and Europe-China.
Time & Location
Mar 27, 2021, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM GMT+1
Webinar
About the Event
More about the speaker: Francesca Ghiretti is finishing a Ph.D. at King’s College London, where she analyzes Chinese foreign direct investment in the EU. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Asian Languages, Markets, and Cultures - curriculum China - from the University of Bologna, she obtained a master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Leiden and the Clingendael Institute. She completed an internship at the European Parliament and worked for Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former NATO Secretary-General.
About the webinar: The Five-Year Plan constitutes the pillar of China's economic development and roadmap to understand where China's economy and society are going in the future. The 14th FYP announced on the occasion of the National People's Congress during the Two Sessions has an added level of relevance, as China prepares for the next phase of its economic development, a phase that will sign the official shift of focus from quantity to…