The Development Research Center of the State Council（DRC） is a policy research and consulting institutiondirectly under the State Council of the People's Republicof China. Its main function is to undertake researchon the overall, comprehensive, strategic and long-term issues related to the national economy, socialdevelopment, reform and opening-up and providepolicy suggestions and consulting advice to the CPCCentral Committee and the State Council. The mainfunctions of the Information Center include: editing andpublishing DRC's internal study results and distributingexternal publications including Economic Reference,among which China Development Review （in Chineseand English） is an academic and research journal forinternational exchanges; collecting information anddata required in DRC's research work; conducting therelevant research projects, and providing informationand consulting services.