China's high-profile annual National People's Congress has just closed in Beijing, with a shortened program and a surprising cancelation of the most-awaited press conference by Premier Li Qiang. As France prepares for a State visit by President Xi Jinping in the coming weeks, China watchers are faced with an increasingly challenging environment trying to interpret China's political and economic state. Where is the limit of Xi's paramount power? Can China's struggling economy achieve the ambitious 5% GDP growth target the government recently set for 2024? Has it embarked on a long and unstoppable downward slope? Is China looking for global solutions in major issues from war(s) to climate?  Is the "dragon" by nature benevolent or malicious?  

Our conversation titled "Looking at China 2024 - a transatlantic conversation among leading next-generation scholars and experts on China", we are pleased to bring you this special event in partnership with visiting colleagues from Europe and the United States. Guests are invited to meet and exchange views with up-and-coming analysts on China from across Europe and the US.