This book aims to explain the secret to China's rapid growth over the last 40 years from the
viewpoint of a firsthand witness. Zheng Xinli was enrolled as a graduate student of economics
40 years ago at a time when very few Chinese people could enroll in higher-level education
let alone graduate school. Since 1978 he has been engaged in the study of macroeconomic theory
and economic policy. He has worked with the economic group of the Research Section of the
Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China the State Information
Center and the Policy Research Office of the State Planning Commission as well as other
organizations. His work serves to help Chinese leaders in making economic decisions. In 2013
Zheng Xinli appeared on the list of China's Top Ten Economists. With the addition of several
up-to-date articles this book is mainly a condensed version of a 16-volume collection of
essays selected from among the more-than-500 articles published by Zheng between 1981 and 2016.
Addressing some of the major issues in China namely Reform and Development Development
Patterns Macro Regulation Balanced Urban and Rural Development Innovation and Industry
Revitalization the book as Zheng himself puts it visualizes the birth process of different
policies and measures which have catered to the different stages of reform. As an insider and
also partly as a designer and architect Zheng Xinli provides readers with a view of China's
reform from the top.
