The party and the private economy, with Kasper Ingeman Beck and Nis Grünberg
Description: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is widening its influence over private companies. Since Xi Jinping took office as party and state leader, the CCP has increased its control over the private economy by guiding capital, controlling shares and engaging in corporate governance. In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, Kasper Ingeman Beck, Postdoc at the Copenhagen Business School, and Nis Grünberg, Lead Analyst at MERICS, join Johannes Heller-John to discuss the role of the CCP in the private sector and what it means for decision makers in Europe.
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About the speakers

Nis Grünberg
Lead Analyst at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
State-party relations; elite politics; China’s sustainable development

Kasper Ingeman Beck
Postdoc at Copenhagen Business School
Political Scientist specializing in Chinese political economy; in particular state-owned enterprises and state-market relations