Acknowledgements

The China Economy Program (CEP) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University (ANU), acknowledges the financial support provided by BHP for the China Update 2024. We thank CEP Project Manager, Tunye Qiu, from the Crawford School, for his program support and assistance in communicating with the contributors to the event and the book. We sincerely thank our chapter authors for their valuable contributions. We would also like to thank colleagues from ANU Press—notably, Nathan Hollier, Elouise Ball, Gabrielė Gaižutytė and Teresa Prowse—for their expeditious publication of the 2024 book. Our copyeditor, Jan Borrie, has consistently lent her professionalism and expertise to the China Update book series throughout the years, and her meticulous work is truly appreciated by the series’ contributors. Thanks also go to our Crawford School colleagues, including Professor Janine O’Flynn, Director of the Crawford School; Professor Paul Burke, Deputy Director of the Crawford School; and Professor Jane Golley, head of the Arndt–Corden Department of Economics, for their support in participating in the 2024 update event. We thank Adriana Paulovcinova, Senior Communication and Engagement Officer in the Crawford School, for her great help with organising the update event. We thank Yun Wei and Guanghan Wu from the Social Sciences Academic Press of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in Beijing, for their long-term support in translating and publishing the Chinese version of the book each year—making this important research available to a wider readership.