{"id":7816,"date":"2025-07-14T00:17:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/7816\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T00:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:17:03","slug":"chinese-president-xi-jinpings-war-on-deflation-speeds-up-anti-involution-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/7816\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese President Xi Jinping&#8217;s war on deflation speeds up &#8211; &#8220;Anti &#8211; involution&#8221; policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"535\" data-v-7f05d5e4=\"\">The term refers to destructive, excessive competition with little progress, gained prominence after President Xi Jinping vowed to regulate chaotic price wars\u2014especially in sectors like solar, EVs, and steel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"535\" data-v-7f05d5e4=\"\">Bloomberg (gated) carry the report:<\/p>\n<p>Markets are responding positively. Mainland Chinese stocks (CSI 300) have outperformed in JulyMorgan Stanley now prefers A-shares over Hong Kong listingsSolar and steel companies have seen strong gains, amid hopes for coordinated reforms to reduce overcapacity and improve profitability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"1073\" data-v-7f05d5e4=\"\">However, this time reform is harder. Overcapacity now spans competitive private-sector industries, unlike the 2015\u20132018 reforms focused on state-run coal and steel. Fierce price wars in tech (e.g., Alibaba, JD.com) highlight the challenge.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1075\" data-end=\"1277\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-v-7f05d5e4=\"\">Addressing these imbalances may also require boosting consumer demand\u2014something Beijing has struggled with. Still, analysts see the government\u2019s new tone as a clear, if early, step toward policy action.<\/p>\n<p>  Later this year,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forexlive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-5e3b6b10=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForexLive.com<\/a><br \/>\n  is evolving into<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-v-5e3b6b10=\"\">investingLive.com<\/a>, a new destination for intelligent market updates and smarter<br \/>\n  decision-making for investors and traders alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The term refers to destructive, excessive competition with little progress, gained prominence after President Xi Jinping vowed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,8011,101],"class_list":["post-7816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-china-xi-anti-involution","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}