Declaring spiritual victory over economic crisis, Beijing now groups macro trends and micro impacts into two lists of six. Once separate, the two lists now consolidate the long-term requirements for ‘baseline thinking’. The ‘six stabilities’ emerged as the economy slowed and the US trade war intensified under Trump. At stake in 2018 were
- employment
- financial sector
- foreign trade
- foreign investment
- domestic investment
- expectations
- employment
- basic living needs
- corporate operations
- food and energy security
- stable supply chains
- normal grassroots governance