The Man, the Plan, the Dream: How Xi Jinping and China's 13th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development will Rejuvenate the Nation and Reshape our World (China 4.0 Book 1)

By Jason Inch

The man is Xi Jinping and he has the plan, China's 13th Five-Year Plan to be precise, and his dream and the dream of all Chinese people is called the great rejuvenation. Find out what this all means for you, and for the world, in this brand new book on China's economy, government policy, and social development. This is the start of China 4.0, the roaring dragon.How did China go from the world's workshop to the factory of the future? How is it going to urbanize another 100 million people in less than ten years? Why is China making clones and space stations and aircraft carriers? It's a recipe for economic and social development that is one part desire to succeed in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation -- part of President Xi Jinping's China Dream -- and one part modern central planning, defined by documents such as the 13FYP, explained for you in context of China's latest achievements.This book also introduces the concept of China 4.0, a new way to understand the next decade of development, China 4.0 is an invaluable starting point. Whether you are a businessperson, entrepreneur, policymaker, academician, or student, this book can help you understand what is happening in China today, and what will happen tomorrow.TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionPart I: China 4.0--Chapter 1: China 1.0 and China 2.0 --China 1.0 - DIVERGENCE: Leaving the World Order (1949 - 1976) --China 2.0 - CONVERGENCE: Rejoining the World Order (1978 - 2003)--Chapter 2: China 3.0 - EMERGENCE: Ascending the World Order (2003 - 2016) --Hu Let the (Capitalist Running) Dogs Out --The First Five Years of the New China Normal (2008 - 2012)--Chapter 3: China 3.5 - DIFFERENCE: A New Dream (2013 - 2016) --New China Normal under Xi --I have a Dream, I have an Awesome Dream...--Chapter 4: Li Keqiang Versus the Ants --I Really Really Really Really Really Really Li Ke You! --China Declares War (...on Pollution) --An Authoritative Person Speaks Up--Chapter 5: Xi Swats Flies and Catches Tigers --The Negative Effects of Corruption --The Evolution of Anti-Corruption --Anti-Corruption under Xi Jinping--Chapter 6: China 4.0 - TRANCENDENCE (2017 - 2049) --From Imported Innovation to Indigenous and Acquired Innovation --An Unabashed State-Driven Economy --From Exports to Developed Countries to Exports to Developing Countries --From China as a passive, reactive participant in global governance to China as a proactive, assertive world leader--Chapter 7: The China 4.0 Growth Engines --The Three Traditional Growth Engines --The Four New Economic Growth EnginesPart II - One Plan to Rule Them All--Chapter 8: Understanding the 13th Five-Year Plan --A Short History of the Five-Year Plans --The 13th Five-Year Plan: An Introduction --How the 13th FYP plan is organized --Main Themes of the 13th FYP--Chapter 9: 13 FYP Targets and Indicators --Centenary Goals --Economic Targets of the 13th FYP --Innovation Targets --Social Targets --Sustainability Targets--Chapter 10: 13th FYP Major Projects and Initiatives --Major Initiatives of the 13th FYP --Nine Major Projects--Chapter 11: Major Reforms of the 13th FYP --Supply-Side Structural Reform --Financial Reforms --Military ReformConclusionABOUT THE AUTHORJason Inch has been studying China for more than two decades. He has already written three books about China's economy and society and this, his fourth, is aptly titled to catch his latest thinking on what's next for the country. A fluent Chinese speaker and reader, he has also used his fourteen years of experience living and working in China to help readers see China in the way that its policymakers do but with an on-the-ground perspective of somebody who has traveled extensively throughout the country. His previous books are available in both English and Chinese.This book is the first in a series of China 4.0 books.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1549629905
• ISBN13: 9781549629907
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.9" x 7.0"