US-China Policy Research
ESI and ANBOUND formed a strategic partnership in 2019, and are committed to providing research and consulting services to clients, expanding their horizons through in-depth international collaboration, and jointly proposing public policy recommendations and solutions for promoting high-quality economic development. ANBOUND is a multinational independent think tank based in China and Malaysia, which specializes in public policy research covering geopolitics and international relations, urban and social development, industrial issues, and macro-economy.
Our International Expertise
ESI’s team of experts consists of Dr. Richard Voith, Founding Principal, Steve Wray, Senior Vice President & Principal, Sidney Wong, Senior Advisor, Joyce Liu, Analyst. Our team has outstanding skills and extensive knowledge to examine a wide range of foreign-related issues in the fields of city planning, real estate, higher education, innovation, transportation planning, and more.
ESI & ANBOUND Highlights
Dick Voith and Jing Liu from ESI and ANBOUND teamed up with Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, SWA Group, and Arup and to participate in and won the 3rd place at the Architectural Design Competition of The Future Science and Technology City of Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone organized by The Reform and Planning Administration Bureau of Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone and Chengdu Hi-tech Investment Group Co., Ltd in 2020 and 2021. The competition received more than 100 participants from all over the world. PCPA&ESI team was shortlisted with four other world renowned design firms - MAD, MVRDV, gmp and OMA in the final design phase, and won the third place in the final round of competition.
ESI’s role in the team included developing innovation ecosystem concept, economic development strategies, and smart city strategies which further guided the land use plan and the detailed urban design of the entire area. ESI laid out the design concept that open, welcoming, and sustainable environments within smart, interconnected, mixed use urban forms are the future of successful innovation ecosystems. ESI and ANBOUND also conducted a thorough fiscal impact analysis and economic impact analysis for the project after the design was completed.
| ESI partnered with ANBOUND to conduct study on the future development trend of Chinese cities for Glodon in China.
ESI and ANBOUND reviewed the literatures on the current status of Chinese urban development and classified the Chinese cities into three development models based on their phases of urbanization: spatial expansion, spatial steady-state, and spatial reduction. ESI also identified several key issues that Chinese cities are currently facing, and further proposed future development goals. ESI leveraged the past experiences from ESI ThoughtLab studies of the Smarter Cities 2025 and the Hyperconnected Cities. |
The Latest News From ANBOUND
December 27, 2021
China’s macro-policies adhere to the tone of “stability and steadily striving for progress”. However, the “moderate relaxation” of monetary, fiscal, and other macro policies should not be interpreted solely, from a monolithic aspect. China’s economic situation is being complex, it will be significantly harder to implement macro policies next year. In the view of economists at ANBOUND, the central government has placed greater emphasis on policy continuity, addressing new challenges, with the effects of policy combinations. China’s top policymakers not only emphasize “increasing the intensity of cross-cyclical economic policy strategy”, but also put forward the idea of “organic combination of cross-cyclical and counter-cyclical macro-control policies”.
November 28, 2021
The Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has introduced new variables into the world, where genomic sequencing and data statistics should be used to determine its infectivity and transmission. The world must be prepared for the global spread of this new variant. Once large-scale spread occurs, global pandemic prevention, economic recovery, capital markets, supply chain recovery, international opening, major international events, etc., may all be affected.
November 16, 2021
On the morning of 16 November, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S President Joe Biden held a virtual meeting. The talks lasted for more than 3 hours and ended at about half past noon Beijing time. Reuters reported that although this meeting may be beneficial to the attitude of U.S.-China relations, there were no important breakthroughs. It appears they exchanged views about everything under the sun, but announced no decisions or policy steps. However, there are very different views, too. The researchers at ANBOUND noted that this meeting is the beginning of the limited improvement of bilateral relations between the two countries, and it has also opened the way for the leaders of the two countries to make more contacts in the future and for further communication.
ANBOUND Government Database
ANBOUND Government Database (access from www.anbound.org) is a textual database that uses text analytics and machine learning techniques to collect and keep track of China’s public policy issues over time through all kinds of sources including traditional media, social media, books, and conferences since 27 years ago. ESI works collaboratively with ANBOUND on promoting ANBOUND Government database in the US. For free trial subscription and more information, please contact JoyceLiu@econsultsolutions.com or wangyi@anbound.com.
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