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The much-delayed Third Plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was finally convened in July. It adopted the decision to further comprehensively deepen reforms and promote Chinese-style modernisation. Traditionally, it is the Third Plenum that sets the economic policy agenda of the Chinese Party-state. In the context of the country’s economic downturn and the slow post-Covid recovery, the Plenum becomes very important in charting the future economic and political direction of the CPC. The Party’s leadership over the economy has been a contentious issue, with Xi Jinping seeking firm control since he came to power a decade ago. This panel will decipher the deliberations and deconstruct the decisions taken at the Plenum, and the economic and political implications for China – and the world.

About the Panellists

G. Venkat Raman is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi. He has recently completed his Fulbright Fellowship at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University (Virginia, USA). He obtained his doctoral degree from the School of Government, Peking University, Beijing. His research interests include the current state of US-China power rivalries, with a primary focus on the technology war and climate change, and China's interface with global governance. His recent publication is a co-edited volume on BRICS titled, Locating BRICS in the Global Order: Perspectives from Global South. He has also co-authored case studies on Indian businesses in China.

Aravind Yelery is an Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and holds a PhD in Chinese Studies. He is also a Visiting Faculty at the Fudan School of Management, Shanghai, and an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies. In 2019, he won the Best Courseware Project Funds Award at Peking University. He has co-edited Tailspin: The Politics of India-China Economic Relations (London: Routledge, 2021) and authored China Inc.: Between State Capitalism and Economic Statecraft (New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2021).

Swayamsiddha Samal is pursuing a PhD in Chinese Studies at the Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Her research interests centre around China’s domestic politics. She holds a Master of Arts in Politics and International Relations from Pondicherry University and a Bachelor of Arts in Mandarin from JNU. She has also worked as a Research Assistant at the Takshashila Institution and the United Service Institution of India, specialising in China studies. She has authored both short and long pieces for various esteemed outlets, including the Hindustan Times, Firstpost, and South Asian Voices.

About the Discussant

Bhim Subba is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi. He holds a PhD/M. Phil. in East Asian Studies from the University of Delhi and an MA in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University. His research interests focus on China studies (domestic politics and party organisation), comparative politics, and international affairs. He has publications in several journals, edited books, review blogs, online commentaries, and news media.

About the Chair

Anand P. Krishnan is a Fellow, at the Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi, National Capital Region, and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi. His research interests are labour relations in China and India, labour and supply chains in the Global South, state-society relations, and labour’s interface with urban questions in East and South Asia.

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