Click China Planning (IV)

Author: Sun Delu, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: As the global economic landscape shifts daily with political changes, when methods from China's past and Western models of today fail to guide us, a group of outstanding representatives of the era of financial wisdom—planners—emerge. Nourished by the five-thousand-year culture of China and enlightened by their analysis of Western intellectual economic models, they bid farewell to the past, break through the present, and are now creating the future. They roam across the five continents, rooted in the 9.6 million square kilometers of Chinese soil, using their forward-thinking wisdom and strong execution to not only create one economic miracle after another but also rewrite the history of China's economic development. In the long river of history, they are merely brilliant stars representing a certain period. Yet, stars twinkle for a reason. By penetrating their overall grasp and operation of the economic landscape and political economy, and reflecting on the guidance and correction provided by Chinese planning reviews on their economic operation strategies, we find that despite these award-winning cases (gold, silver, and excellence awards) showing too much artificial craftsmanship, the flaws do not obscure the brilliance. The addition of the word "click" serves as a reminder to planners not to fall into the trap of "being self-satisfied," not to become overly arrogant. "Beyond the mountains are more mountains, beyond the towers are more towers—there are always higher peaks ahead" should be their motto of self-discipline. At the same time, it informs readers that "knowing what planning is is as important as knowing why it is." From this, they can discern planning methods and the deeper philosophy of planning.