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Economic Survey of China 2010: Achievements, prospects and further challenges

The Chinese economy weathered the global crisis remarkably well. Some imbalances remain, but ongoing reforms can be expected to help alleviate them over time.

Economic Survey of China 2010: Product market regulation and competition

Competition is now robust in many sectors but product market barriers remain high overall, which may hold back growth over the longer run.

Economic Survey of China 2010: Improving the health care system

Progressing towards universal, safe, affordable and effective health care will require wide ranging reforms of hospitals, insurance systems, better trained staff and changes in some relative prices

Economic Survey of China 2010: A pause in the growth of inequality?

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Economic Survey of China 2010: A labour market in transition

The Chinese labour market is resilient but segmented. The registration system and the attendant restrictions on access to social services impede labour mobility and ought to be gradually relaxed.