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  "title": "APRS on China A4",
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  "summary": "However, the pandemic has left economic scars, and the Chinese economy is now undergoing a property market correction that is necessary and welcome but also weighing on activity.",
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          "text": "For event inquiries:"
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          "text": "International Monetary Fund"
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          "text": "Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific"
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          "text": "Tel. 81-(0)3-3597-6700"
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          "text": "Email: OAPEconomicSeminar@IMF.org",
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      "heading": "Event overview",
      "content": "- Event: Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar — \"China: Macroeconomic Developments and Outlook\"\n- Organizer: IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific\n- Purpose: Review recent macroeconomic developments in China; discuss the outlook and policies to overcome challenges and secure healthy medium-term growth.\n- Context noted by the seminar: China experienced remarkable economic development over past decades; the pandemic has left economic scars; the economy is undergoing a property market correction that is necessary and welcome but is weighing on activity."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Date, time, language, and participation",
      "content": "- Date & Time: September 12, 2024, 10:00 am - 11:00 am Japan time (GMT+9)\n- Language: English\n- Venue options:\n  - In-person: Kasumigaseki Knowledge Square (3rd floor, Kasumigaseki Common Gate West, 3-2-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)\n  - Online: Webex link will be sent upon registration\n- How to join:\n  - In-person: register here before 2 pm on September 11.\n  - Online: register here."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Speaker and credentials",
      "content": "- Speaker: Steven Alan Barnett, Senior Resident Representative in China (Senior Resident Representative in China since February 2020)\n- Relevant background and positions:\n  - Advisor to the Deputy Managing Director (prior role)\n  - Chief of the China Division in the Asia and Pacific Department\n  - Assistant Director at the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo\n  - Resident Representative to China\n  - Resident Representative to Thailand\n- Education:\n  - PhD in economics, University of Maryland\n  - Bachelor's degree in economics, Stanford University\n  - Master's degree in Russian and East European Studies, Stanford University\n- IMF service start: Joined the IMF in 1997"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Agenda and timing",
      "content": "- 10:00 AM: Introduction by Akihiko Yoshida, Director, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific\n- 10:05 AM: Presentation by Steven Alan Barnett, Senior Resident Representative in China\n- 10:35 AM: Q&A session\n- 10:55 AM: Closing & post-event survey"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Contact for press inquiries",
      "content": "- Press Officer: Yuko Maeda\n- Tel: 81-(0)3-3597-6719\n- Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org"
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    "Purpose: Review recent macroeconomic developments in China; discuss the outlook and policies to overcome challenges and secure healthy medium-term growth.",
    "Context noted by the seminar: China experienced remarkable economic development over past decades; the pandemic has left economic scars; the economy is undergoing a property market correction that is necessary and welcome but is weighing on activity.",
    "Date & Time: September 12, 2024, 10:00 am - 11:00 am Japan time (GMT+9)",
    "Language: English",
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    "How to join:",
    "Speaker: Steven Alan Barnett, Senior Resident Representative in China (Senior Resident Representative in China since February 2020)",
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    "Education:",
    "IMF service start: Joined the IMF in 1997",
    "10:00 AM: Introduction by Akihiko Yoshida, Director, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific",
    "10:05 AM: Presentation by Steven Alan Barnett, Senior Resident Representative in China",
    "10:35 AM: Q&A session",
    "10:55 AM: Closing & post-event survey",
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    "Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org"
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