Acknowledgements

The China Economy Program gratefully acknowledges the financial support for the China Update 2017 provided by Rio Tinto through the Rio Tinto–ANU China Partnership, as well as coordination and editorial assistance provided by Program Manager Elizabeth Buchanan and our colleagues at the East Asia Forum at The Australian National University. This is the 17th edition in the China Update Series and we sincerely thank our contributors from around the world for their valuable contributions to the book series and the Update events throughout these years. Thanks also go to the ANU Press team, notably Emily Hazlewood and Jan Borrie, for the expeditious publication of the book series, and to Social Sciences Academic Press (China) in Beijing for translating and publishing the Chinese versions of the Update book series to make the research work available to the readers in China.