The announcement by the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee that the postponed Two Sessions will finally take place from 22^nd May, signalled China’s confidence in having brought the COVID-19 outbreak under control domestically.

One of the centrepieces of the NPC meetings is the government’s work report, in which the country’s key economic targets are normally set and major policies mapped out for the coming year. Poured over by foreign governments, China analysts and the international business community looking to understand China’s political and economic priorities, the report will come under even closer scrutiny this year given that the country is still reeling from the impact of COVID-19. With GDP growth targets now a secondary consideration, what signals will China’s leadership want to give to the Chinese people and the rest of the world?

Meanwhile, as China works hard to get the economy back on its feet, the already tense US-China relationship continues to worsen, with both sides grappling for control of the international COVID-19 narrative and seeking to apportion blame. This situation is being further exacerbated by a US presidential campaign that seems intent on increasing anti-China rhetoric. What is the likely impact of this on the implementation of China-US Phase One Deal? could it have more serious, far-reaching consequences? and is there a way to de-escalate that would be acceptable to both sides, in order to avert another crisis of global proportions?

To understand more about these critical issues, please join the discussion with David Hoffman, Managing Director, the China Center for Economics & Business, The Conference Board and Christopher K. Johnson, Senior fellow at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

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• Engaging and Interactive Dialogue with speakers
• Q&A (around 30 mins)

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Speakers

Mr. David Hoffman

Managing Director, the China Center for Economics & Business, The Conference Board

Mr. David Hoffman

Managing Director, the China Center for Economics & Business, The Conference Board

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David boasts 30 years as a resident analyst and business developer in China. He is responsible for development, thought leadership, and programming for The Conference Board of Asia, and for China-related business and policy-community engagement worldwide. His areas of expertise include:

MNC success factors, operating challenges, and best practices for China market development;
Navigating political economy influences and regulatory dynamics in China, risk mitigation;
China-related exposures and impacts on the other countries, regions, and markets; and
Strategy, business planning, and market development for China and Asia.
Assessing political economy developments in China and the rise and evolution of China as a key marketplace and geo-economic power are current focal topics for Hoffman.

Mr. Christopher Johnson

Senior Fellow, CSIS

Mr. Christopher Johnson

Senior Fellow, CSIS

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Christopher K. Johnson is a senior fellow at CSIS. An accomplished Asian affairs specialist, Mr. Johnson spent nearly two decades serving in the U.S. government’s intelligence and foreign affairs communities and has extensive experience analyzing and working in Asia on a diverse set of country-specific and transnational issues. Throughout his career, he has chronicled China’s dynamic political and economic transformation, the development of its robust military modernization program, and its resurgence as a regional and global power. He has frequently advised senior White House, cabinet, congressional, military, and foreign officials on the Chinese leadership and on Beijing’s foreign and security policies.

Mr. Johnson worked as a senior China analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he played a key role in the analytic support to policymakers during the 1996 Taiwan Strait missile crisis, the 1999 accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, the downing of a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft on Hainan Island in 2001, and the SARS epidemic in 2003. He also helped shape senior officials’ understanding of the politics of the Jiang Zemin era, the successful leadership transition to Hu Jintao in 2002, and the preparations for the fall 2012 leadership succession. Mr. Johnson served as an intelligence liaison to two secretaries of state and their deputies on worldwide security issues and in 2011 was awarded the U.S. Department of State’s Superior Honor Award for outstanding support to the secretary and her senior staff. He also served abroad in a field site in Southeast Asia. Mr. Johnson graduated summa cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in history and political science from the University of California at San Diego (1994) and received his M.A. in security policy studies from the George Washington University (1996). He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

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