Market Reform

China will roll out fresh market-opening measures this year that could exceed “international expectations”, a top Communist Party official said in Davos on Wednesday.

China’s stock market has been steadily rising all year, but according to one technician the charts are beginning to show signs of weakness.

Appointment of banking regulator to key role would boost confidence that the shrinking reform camp will still be able to influence policy

Since China began its market reforms in the late 1970s, it has lifted more than 800 million people out of poverty, slashing the rate from nearly 90% in 1981 to under 2%, as measured by the World Bank’s latest spending benchmark.