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?
In Q2 2022 China’s economic growth slowed to 0.4% YoY, despite aggressive steps to support companies, boost consumption, and address youth unemployment. These measures amounted to short-term firefighting and do not address structural issues slowing Chinese growth.