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Infrastructure investment to keep the Chinese economy driving forward

Geoff Riley

15th September 2009

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The Chinese government has moved heaven and earth to keep their economy growing during the global economic crisis. The focus has been on boosting domestic demand such as consumer spending and capital investment. The government is behind the world’s largest stimulus programme - investing around $566bn - and the government has pledged to go ahead with large-scale projects. Quentin Sommerville reports on a huge infrastructural project - a good video to use to illustrate the multiplier effects of capital spending.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.