China's Economy and Politics: History and Current context

The course grasps the two key words of "theory" and "practice", highlights the "research-based" teaching process and ability training.

The course content covers 13 teaching topics with both internal relations and special theoretical value and academic functions. They are:

• Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the theme of all the party's theories and practices since the reform and opening up;
• China’s economy opening up and reform since the 1970s, its accession to the WTO;
• The transformation of major social contradictions and the entry of socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new era;
• The general task and strategic arrangement of the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era;
• Building a modern economic system to boost high-quality economic development;
• The political development path of socialism with Chinese characteristics;
• Cultural self-confidence and socialist core values;
• People's livelihood security and social governance modernization;
• The value following and system guarantee of the construction of socialist ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics;
• The external environment and international strategy of the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era;
• One belt, One road, and the construction of the community of human destiny;
• China and the world, geopolitical context in the 21st century;
• China’s business environment, inward and outward foreign direct investment.