People In The Know

Over the past week, most of the 31 provincial regions on the Chinese mainland have released their own GDP growth targets for 2016. The announcements were made at each region's annual two sessions of their legislative and political consultative bodies.At least 17 of them have lowered their growth targets for this year. To take a look at the newly released figures and what they mean for the country's regional development, my colleague Ding Heng speaks with Mr. Liu Zhiqin, Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, and Professor David Goodman, Head of the China Studies Department, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China.