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The Paulson Institute Newsletter – May 2016

In Spite of Government Orders, Steel Booms in China

With prices up nearly 70% since last November, China’s steel producers are thriving yet again. Profit margins at their highest since 2009 have led many of China’s steel mills to reopen, and its possible that...

China’s Economy: Forwards, Backwards, Sideways?

At a recent Council on Foreign Relations forum in New York, Tsinghua University Law Professor Gao Xiqing, former chief investment officer of China Investment Corp. and official of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said he...

“Xi’s Green Teams Fight for the Environment”

5 Things to Know: Rural Credit in China

In a new Paulson Policy Memorandum, “Redesigning Rural Credit Delivery in China,” Calum G. Turvey, Professor of Agricultural Finance at Cornell University, calls for reform of China’s rural credit system. Turvey's key takeaways and recommendations:...

Kate Gordon: “Why Cities Are So Well-Suited to Renewable-Energy Growth”

Evan Feigenbaum discusses the U.S. in Asia and China’s economic reforms on CNBC

Beijing must have the necessary political commitment to improve the pace, scope and quality of economic reforms, warns Evan Feigenbaum, vice chairman of the Paulson Institute. It remains to be seen whether Washington will act...

5 Things to Know: How China Can Boost its Services Economy

In a new Paulson Policy Memorandum, China Academy of Social Sciences economist Zhang Bin recommends policies that will grow China’s services sectors while minimizing risk from overinvestment in the industrial economy. By tracing the historical...

A New Opening for Clean Energy in China

By Anders Hove On Earth Day, there is good news to report from China: China’s National Development and Reform Commission recently released Document 625, which for the first time calls for curtailed, or wasted, renewable...

Andreas Kuhlmann on Germany’s Renewable Energy Successes

Today the U.S. and China will join in signing the Paris Agreement – the first global accord to commit nearly every nation to take domestic actions to tackle climate change. The question now is: How...