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"Sector Dialogues" webinar #2—recording with David BO on China’s strategic minerals sector
May 2026 | China’s strategic minerals sector today - building towards an integrated exploration, production, supply, storage and sales system
May 281 min read
Understanding China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), a “pro-development” plan rooted in China’s grown confidence in its geopolitical resilience
April 2026 | China’s 15th Five-Year-Plan (2026-2030) was published on 13th March 2026. It is the key national macro policy framework for China’s economic and social planning for the coming five years, and its release has triggered a multi-months lasting process of devising an entire system of plans to be put forward by ministries horizontally, by local governments vertically and – especially important for foreign business – by economic policymakers sectorially. After the 14th
Apr 231 min read
"Sector Dialogues" webinar#1—recording with PANG Guanglian on China’s chemicals sector
March 2026 | China’s chemicals sector today -between overcapacities, innovative ingenuity and decarbonization responsibility.
Mar 171 min read
"Staying in Dialogue with China - "Recording of Webinar #5 with YAO Yang on "Reality check" - interpreting the 15th Five-Year-Plan “proposition” (建议) as key output of the CCP’s 20th CC “Fourth Plenum”
© 2026 CMG. All rights reserved. January 2026 | In the 5th webinar of the 4th edition of our series “Staying in Dialogue with China”, an initiative aimed at helping international businesses understand China #insideout, we were honoured to host YAO Yang, Professor and Dean of the Dishuihu Advanced Finance Institute at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and former Dean of Peking University’s National School of Development (NSD). Prof. YAO Yang is a leading expert on C
Jan 271 min read
New CMG Primer, analyzing China’s evolving approach to export controls
December 2025 | Our newest CMG Primer – titled: “Understanding China’s evolving approach to export controls and implications for international business – from its first export control action in 1997 towards building geoeconomic capacity and power since 2020” – provides a strategic analysis of evolution, intents and typology of China’s evolved export controls, plus it draws strategic implications for international business. Download the CMG Primer and subscribe to CMG Insight
Dec 10, 20251 min read
“Fourth Plenum”: towards more assertively shaping strategic conditions externally to better focus on “Chinese-style modernization” internally #CMG-pub
November 2025 | Our newest CMG Primer – titled: “Fourth Plenum”: towards more assertively shaping strategic conditions externally to better focus on “Chinese-style modernization” internally – analyzes process and key outcomes of the recently held “Fourth Plenum”, the fourth gathering of the CCP’s 20th Central Committee, taking place one year later than usual “Fourth Plenum” and thus exceptionally dealing with the agenda that is customarily foreseen for “Fifth Plenum”, namely
Nov 6, 20252 min read
“Fourth Plenum”: towards more assertively shaping strategic conditions externally to better focus on “Chinese-style modernization” internally
November 2025 | Our newest CMG Primer – titled: “Fourth Plenum”: towards more assertively shaping strategic conditions externally to better focus on “Chinese-style modernization” internally – analyzes process and key outcomes of the recently held “Fourth Plenum”, the fourth gathering of the CCP’s 20th Central Committee, taking place one year later than usual “Fourth Plenum” and thus exceptionally dealing with the agenda that is customarily foreseen for “Fifth Plenum”, namely
Nov 5, 20252 min read
"Staying in Dialogue with China - "Recording of Webinar #4 with Yu Tiejun on "Changes Unseen in a Century” #CMG-pub
October 2025 | In our fourth webinar of the 2025 edition of the “Staying in Dialogue with China” webinar series which is this time dedicated to the theme of China’s next and upcoming 15th Five-Year-Plan (2026-2030), we talked to YU Tiejun, President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS) and Professor at the School of International Studies (SIS) at Peking University (PKU). For the fourth webinar, Markus Herrmann, Co-Founder & Managing Director of CM
Oct 15, 20252 min read
"Staying in Dialogue with China - "Recording of Webinar #4 with Yu Tiejun on "Changes Unseen in a Century”
© 2025 CMG. All rights reserved. October 2025 | In our fourth webinar of the 2025 edition of the “Staying in Dialogue with China” webinar series which is this time dedicated to the theme of China’s next and upcoming 15th Five-Year-Plan (2026-2030), we talked to YU Tiejun, President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS) and Professor at the School of International Studies (SIS) at Peking University (PKU). For the fourth webinar, Markus Herrmann, Co-F
Oct 15, 20252 min read
Flash Webinar: The "Taiwan issue" under Trump 2.0 - Recording of Webinar with WU Yongping (July 10, 2025) #CMG-pub
July 2025 | On Thursday, July 10th 2025, China Macro Group (CMG) hosted a flash webinar to discuss the "Taiwan issue" under Trump 2.0. ...
Jul 16, 20251 min read
Flash Webinar: The "Taiwan issue" under Trump 2.0 - Recording of Webinar with WU Yongping (July 10, 2025)
© 2025 CMG. All rights reserved. July 2025 | On Thursday, July 10th 2025, China Macro Group (CMG) hosted a flash webinar to discuss the "Taiwan issue" under Trump 2.0. From declarations at the The Hague NATO Summit and Taiwan President Lai’s dialed-up rhetoric to the CCP’s new concept of “integrated or fused development” of Fujian province with Taiwan, TSMCs new investment in the US, former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou’s track 2.0 diplomacy, and persisting PLA exercises aro
Jul 16, 20251 min read
CMG analysis: beyond preferential policy, Free Trade Zones again at forefront of China’s next chapter of opening-up
July 2025 | While global trade faces headwinds from rising protectionism and trade conditionalities, Beijing continues to follow-through...
Jul 9, 20253 min read
CMG analysis: beyond preferential policy, Free Trade Zones again at forefront of China’s next chapter of opening-up #CMG-pub
July 2025 | While global trade faces headwinds from rising protectionism and trade conditionalities, Beijing continues to follow-through...
Jul 9, 20253 min read
"Staying in Dialogue with China - "Recording of Webinar #3 with XIE Danxia on "The long view - 10-year outlook imagining China in 2035 as the next key modernization milestone" (June 20, 2025) #CMG-pub
June 2025 | In our third webinar of the 2025 edition of the “Staying in Dialogue with China” webinar series which is this time dedicated...
Jul 2, 20253 min read
"Staying in Dialogue with China - "Recording of Webinar #3 with XIE Danxia on "The long view - 10-year outlook imagining China in 2035 as the next key modernization milestone" (20th June 2025)
© 2025 CMG. All rights reserved. June 2025 | In our third webinar of the 2025 edition of the “Staying in Dialogue with China” webinar series which is this time dedicated to the theme of China’s next and upcoming 15th Five-Year-Plan (2026-2030), we talked to XIE Danxia, Associate Professor at the Insitute of Economics at Tsinghua University. Amid China’s continuously difficult post-Covid economic recovery as well as persisting structural issues such as the real estate market
Jul 2, 20252 min read
"Staying in Dialogue with China" – Recording of Webinar #2 with ZHU Guangyao on "Four years into 14th Five-Year-Plan - taking stock of its execution after the NPC 2025" (23rd April 2025)
© 2025 CMG. All rights reserved. Note: We apologize for the quality of the webinar recording, which was affected by unstable internet connections during the session. We appreciate your understanding. April 2025 | In our second webinar of the 2025 edition of the “Staying in Dialogue with China” webinar series which is this time dedicated to the theme of China’s next and upcoming 15th Five-Year-Plan (2026-2030), we talked to ZHU Guangyao, Vice Chairman of CCIEE and Former Vice
May 7, 20252 min read
"Staying in Dialogue with China" – Recording of Webinar #2 with ZHU Guangyao on "Four years into 14th Five-Year-Plan - taking stock of its execution after the NPC 2025" (23rd April 2025) #CMG-pub
April 2025 | In our second webinar of the 2025 edition of the “Staying in Dialogue with China” webinar series which is this time...
Apr 28, 20252 min read
NEW PUBLICATION: CMG’s external evaluation of the Swiss government’s China Strategy (March 2021), mandated by the Swiss MFA #CMG-pub
Produced by CMG on behalf of the State Secretariat of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Guy Parmelin, Head of the...
Apr 28, 20252 min read
Connect Switzerland 2025 by Switzerland Tourism featuring Markus Herrmann Chen: "Tourism at a cross-roads: navigating shifting tides in China and the U.S."
Event Host: Switzerland Tourism Event Date: 15/16th April 2025, Zurich, Switzerland More Information: STnet – Rückblick Connect...
Apr 23, 20251 min read
NEW PUBLICATION: CMG’s external evaluation of the Swiss government’s China Strategy (March 2021), mandated by the Swiss MFA
Produced by CMG on behalf of the State Secretariat of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Guy Parmelin, Head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research and the Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang at the meeting in Bern. P icture: Peter Klaunzer/Pool via Keystone April 2025 | Herewith, we are sharing the newest CMG publication: the external evaluation of the Swiss government’s China Strategy (2021-2024) which CMG carried out for the State Secretari
Apr 16, 20252 min read
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