The Central Economic Working Conference () is an annual meeting held in the

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which sets the national agenda for the

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and its

financial Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

and banking sectors. It is convened by the

Central Committee of the Communist Party Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party organizations, the ...

and the

State Council State Council may refer to: Government * State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President * State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative auth ...

following themes, keywords, set by the

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. As of 2012, the meetings, which are closed, were being held for 2 or 3 days during the 2nd or 3rd week of December.

History

The 2012 conference was held over the weekend of December 15 and 16th. It was attended by all members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party as well as outgoing Premier

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. A summary of the proceedings was published by

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, the official Chinese news agency.

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and

Li Keqiang Li Keqiang (born 1 July 1955) is a Chinese politician who is the outgoing premier of China. An economist by profession, Li is head of China's executive branch as well as one of the leading figures behind China's Financial and Economic Affai ...

, incoming

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, addressed the conference. Increased urbanization was projected as a path to increasing domestic demand as a pathway to shifting emphasis to internal rather than export demand. The keywords for the December, 2012 conference were "''healthy development''"; in 2011 they were "''steady growth''". The theme healthy development reflects a change in concern from mere growth to restructuring of the economy in sustainable ways. Dealing with overreaching by "''privileged people''", anti-corruption efforts, was one theme expressed by official Chinese media. The 2020 conference addressed the

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and adherence to the 14th five-year plan (2021-2025).

References

{{National meetings of the Communist Party of China Economy of China Government of China