The annual economic work conference ended on Sunday, pledging to enhance and improve macro-economic regulation next year to ensure stable and healthy economic development. The three-day Central Economic Work Conference in Beijing, with the attendance of President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, is one of the most important economic policy-making events in China.

Full text: Review of past conferences (2005-2009)

•  China likely to set 4% CPI goal in 2011

•  Tackling inflation is high policy issue

• Faster CPI rise poses rate dilemma

China's cost-of-living rate rose at a faster-than-expected pace in November, presenting monetary officials with a dilemma: Should they raise interest rates again and risk more speculative money inflows that exacerbate inflation? [Full story]

More policies to curb inflation China vowed on Sunday to increase efforts to combat inflation while maintaining "stable and relatively fast" economic growth, as consumer inflation hit a 28-month high of 5.1 percent in November. [Full story]

China's inflation highest in over two years China's consumer price index of November rose by 5.1 percent year on year, the fastest clip in 28 months, giving rise to greater concern over tightening measures from both consumers and analysts. [Full story]

• 6 banks see ratio extended

China has extended a selective rise of the reserve requirement ratio for six large banks for another three months after an initial two-month period in its latest move to soak up liquidity, industry sources said yesterday. [Full story]

• China to shift to prudent monetary policy in 2011

China will shift its monetary policy stance from relatively loose to prudent next year, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee decided Friday. [Full story]

• China hikes reserve requirement by 50 bps

• China announces another hike in reserve ratio 

• Economy to expand by 10% in 2011

China's economy will expand by 10 percent in 2011, and inflation will remain moderate with the consumer price index (CPI) rising 3.3 percent, a top think tank predicted on Tuesday. [Full story]

• China Nov. exports up 34.9%, imports rise 37.7%

• Prudent policy should have 'teeth'

China needs to convince the market that its shift to a prudent monetary policy stance has "teeth" by adopting tougher measures to combat accelerating inflation, Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach said on Monday in Beijing. [Full story]

•  'Soft landing' for Chinese economy?

•  Take away the firewood

Fifth plenum of CPCCC

2009  Central Economic Work Conference

 Quantitative easing

 Price hike