The Eventful Years: Memoirs of Chen Jinhua

The author Chen Jinhua recollects through his personal experiences the major decisions regarding China's economic development and industrial modernization reached by the Chinese government and the Communist Party of China (CPC) since the 1970s, and their implementation process. This book is of great value for research into the history of the CPC's governance and China's economic development.
Chen Jinhua, born in July 1929, is a native of Qingyang, Anhui Province, China. From the 1950s to the 1990s, he served as Secretary to the Minister of Textiles, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Executive Vice Mayor of Shanghai, General Manager of the China National Petrochemical Company, Director of the State Commission for Restructuring the Economy and Director of the State Planning Commission.
He was Vice Chairman of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from March 1998 to March 2003. In July 2001 he became a member of the National Council for Social Security Fund.
Chen Jinhua is currently President of the China Enterprise Confederation and China Enterprise Directors Association, China's Chief Delegate to the Boao Forum for Asia and consultant to the China Economic and Social Council.
His other major works include Guiding Macro-Control to a Soft landing, and On the Compatibility of Socialism and the Market.