“It is also perhaps a tacit acknowledgment of some of the challenges for Beijing at the moment,” she said. “The real challenge for this third Xi administration is whether it will address structural imbalances in China’sThe government has set a 2023 economic growth target of around 5 percent, up from 3 percent last year, which was among the weakest performances in decades.
Analysts had anticipated that once Yi and Liu stepped aside, they would be replaced by people with far less international experience. “It shows China wants to at least have a dialogue with the United States on monetary policy and financial cooperation,” he said.