The Chinese authorities have recently spelled out their domestic policy plans also at a multilateral policy level, for instance, in the framework of the recent multilateral consultations convened by the International Monetary Fund (IMF): “(…) boosting domestic demand, particularly consumer demand, and rebalancing investment and consumption; (…) further promoting balanced external sector  7  EU trade data from Eurostat based on SITC product classification.
Equally difficult is to convince that any ruling class can take decisions which are not based on their personal interests. For the next three to five years, Pakistan has to stay the course, continue on the reform path it has set for itself steadfastly and bring about fundamental structural changes in our governance and institutional structure.