摘要
After a 10-year suspension of face-to-face talks,economist adversaries Li Yining (left)and Wu Jinglian,two of the most respected men in their field in China,held a direct dialogue on January 12.The meeting,part of a high-profile forum marking the 30th anniversary of the initiation of China’s reform and opening-up policy,was lauded as a signal of the academic community’s strong will to tackle theoretical chal- lenges ahead together. Li and Wu,both 77 years old,first clashed on the orientations of China’s reform in the late 1980s,when Li prioritized restructuring of state-owned enterprises while