by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 7, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic, Policy
The period of slower global economic activity will be prolonged, with the next five years witnessing less than 3 per cent growth, “our lowest medium-term growth forecast since 1990, and well below the average of 3.8 per cent from the past two decades,” IMF...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pension & Social Security, Policy
In the longer term, the “grey hair movement” is indicative of a fundamental issue facing the Chinese government, how to care for a rapidly ageing society where 400 million people, or 30 per cent of the population, will be 60 or older by 2035. China’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 22, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy
China’s birth rate last year was 6.77 births per 1,000 people, the lowest on record, while the country’s death rate, the highest since 1974, was 7.37 deaths per 1,000 people. The death rate in China’s capital Beijing surpassed its birth rate in 2022,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 7, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Regulation
It will be established on the basis of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), which will not be retained, the plan said, noting that certain functions of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 5, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation
“We need to deepen reform of the financial system, improve financial regulation, and see that all those involved assume their full responsibilities to guard against regional and systemic financial risks,” Premier Li Keqiang Beijing: China will deepen...
