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State Council rolls out fresh push to unlock demand through supply-side improvements

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Government leaders think that Chinese consumers have money to burn – but that companies don’t offer what they want.
To try and get persistently sluggish household spending up, officials rolled out a fresh push to “enhance supply-demand alignment" at a November 14 State Council executive meeting.
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