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During the first quarter of 2023 China reopened its boarders and rolled out the rhetorical welcome mat for foreign investors. However, an aggressive public campaign to allay concerns about the direction of China’s economy has not been underpinned by a convincing shift in policy.

Over the year, teams from the Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center and Rhodium Group have taken a data-driven dive into China’s economy to address a fundamental question: Is the Chinese economic system becoming more or less like other open-market economies?