"Xi Jinping seeks "high quality" rather than "high speed" growth, [Moi ici: Hmmm, turismo] he told the Chinese Communist Party's Third Plenum, held last week to decide the country's economic policy over the next five years....Mr. Xi seeks to apply this approach to technologically important and advanced sectors as part of his high-quality-growth mantra. The problem is that there is no escaping the iron laws of economics. The massive assistance that the government provided to Chinese firms on solar led to a predictable oversupply of panels domestically and in global markets. Even as global demand fell, Chinese companies ramped up production of panels to remain in business, and this was possible only due to even more subsidies worth billions of dollars. China did achieve its objective of dominating the global solar-panel industry. But applying this state-led approach to an ever-expanding list of advanced and green sectors will only worsen the problems of overcapacity, indebtedness and inefficiency [Moi ici: Hmmm, rings a bell?] that Mr. Xi is seeking to alleviate....If Mr. Xi really wanted to supercharge growth in productivity, wages and household income, he could do it through the systematic transfer of economic access and opportunity away from state-owned firms and nominated national champions toward the much more efficient and innovative private sector. But this would foster a powerful independent business class and undermine Beijing's greater goal of further centralizing power and economic activity under his command.Finally, there is a broader problem that weighs on Mr. Xi's ambition. He openly criticizes predecessors for ideological laxness and impurity and for leaving China vulnerable to domestic and external threats. He insists that letting individuals and firms choose their paths will lead to national distraction and decay."
Trechos retirados do WSJ de 25.07 passado em "China Can't Evade the Iron Laws of Economics"
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