China Institute for Reform and Development

   China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD), established on November 1, 1991, is a public research institution focusing on reform and development policy research.

Reform Research

   Taking “recommending on China reform” as its bounden duty, CIRD has dedicated itself to independent and forward-looking research around important, difficult and hot reform topics, and has made great efforts to facilitate reform policy decision-making by submitting research and policy recommendation reports to relevant policy-making bodies. It has also organized various academic activities including International Forum on China Reform and regular expert consultative workshops on China’s reforms.

Policy Consulting

   Equally dedicated to reform consulting services for the central and provincial government, CIRD has been commissioned with various reform consulting projects by a number of ministries and provincial-level governments.

International Cooperation

   With the support of the government, CIRD has played a marked role in promoting academic exchanges on reform between China and other countries/regions by implementing a large number of multilateral and bilateral international cooperation projects, and has established academic exchanges with research institutions of more than 20 countries/regions.

Education & Training

   As one of the first national training bases for China’s systematic reform, CIRD has devoted itself to training reform specialists with international outlook. It has offered a large number of training and education programs such as tailor-made reform training programs for government officials, executive programs for senior business managers, Ph. D program in reform research, MBA and MPA programs.

Publication & Dissemination

   Besides publishing annual reports on China’s reforms every year, CIRD has published more than 370 volumes of reform research publications. It has also been running a specialized website chinareform.org.cn, which has become an important platform offering reform updates and promoting online discussions of reforms.