As 2018 draws to a close，it is time to take stock of the developments on the economic front. It has been a year of significant ups and downs. The depiction of the economy has shifted from "stable and improving" to "change amid stability". Events have been overshadowed by the Sino-US trade dispute and an unsatisfactory performance by the nation's financial markets. Looking ahead to what 2019 holds for the economy in China and the rest of the world，the forecast is somewhat pessimistic. The International Monetary Fund has lowered its expectations for global economic growth for the first time in three years. At the same time，few domestic and foreign research institutions have offered up higher forecasts for China's economic growth or its price levels. However，as the saying goes，fortune and misfortune are two buckets in the same well. It is anticipated that there will be more good news on China's economy in the new year. 

Moderator: Zhong Wei，associate editor at China Forex

Panelists: Shen Jianguang，vice president and chief economist of Jingdong Finance

Zhang Ming，chief economist at Ping An Securities，research fellow at the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences