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  "title": "Toward a New Economic Growth Model for China",
  "publication": "Books, September 30, 2026",
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  "summary": "China’s extraordinary economic rise over the past four decades, driven by market-oriented reforms and integration into global value chains, transformed it into one of the world’s largest economies.",
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      "heading": "Key findings and context",
      "content": "- China experienced an extraordinary economic rise over the past four decades driven by market-oriented reforms and integration into global value chains.\n- The prior growth model has recently relied heavily on debt-financed investment.\n- The current model faces mounting challenges, including:\n  - rising misallocation\n  - declining labor force\n  - weak domestic demand\n  - elevated financial risks\n  - increasing geoeconomic tensions\n- The book argues China is at a fork in the road and must transition to a new growth model centered on household consumption, services, and productivity gains."
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    {
      "heading": "Reform agenda and policy recommendations",
      "content": "- Strengthen social safety nets to support household consumption.\n- Expand the service sector to rebalance economic activity away from investment-heavy models.\n- Improve business dynamism to foster productivity gains.\n- Scale back industrial policies that may hinder allocation efficiency.\n- Modernize fiscal, monetary, financial, and insolvency frameworks to reduce financial risks and support sustainable growth."
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      "content": "- Support more balanced and sustainable growth.\n- Improve living standards through higher household consumption, a larger services sector, and productivity improvements.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Toward a New Economic Growth Model for China\n  - Toward a New Economic Growth Model for China (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Toward a New Economic Growth Model for China (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/books/issues/2026/09/18/toward-a-new-economic-growth-model-for-china-573495"
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229037143.071",
    "China experienced an extraordinary economic rise over the past four decades driven by market-oriented reforms and integration into global value chains.",
    "The prior growth model has recently relied heavily on debt-financed investment.",
    "The current model faces mounting challenges, including:",
    "The book argues China is at a fork in the road and must transition to a new growth model centered on household consumption, services, and productivity gains.",
    "Strengthen social safety nets to support household consumption.",
    "Expand the service sector to rebalance economic activity away from investment-heavy models.",
    "Improve business dynamism to foster productivity gains.",
    "Scale back industrial policies that may hinder allocation efficiency.",
    "Modernize fiscal, monetary, financial, and insolvency frameworks to reduce financial risks and support sustainable growth.",
    "Support more balanced and sustainable growth.",
    "Improve living standards through higher household consumption, a larger services sector, and productivity improvements.",
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