On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about China's third plenum.

Chaired by President Xi Jinping, this important Communist Party meeting is reported to have been considering draft decisions on modernisation and economic reform. The meeting comes as China’s second quarter GDP growth fell to 4.7%, below the expected 5.1%.


This has been partly blamed on weak consumer demand and US and European export curbs. Businesses are hoping to see more stimulus injected into the economy, but finance authorities have erred on the side of caution and warned earlier this year that such measures could pose long-term risks.


So what should we expect from this meeting?


After 9:45, we speak to three top DSE students.


9:05am-9:45am: China's third plenum meeting

9:05am-9:30am: Josef Gregory Mahoney, Professor in Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University (Shanghai)
9:05am-9:45am: Ryan Manuel, Founder of Bilby AI, which gathers data on government policies
9:30am-9:45am: Alan Lung, policy analyst and Co-Convenor, The Path of Democracy


9:45am-10:00am: HKDSE results

We spoke to three DSE high-scorers from Diocesan Boys' School: Jonathan Chan; Kelvin Cheang; and Henry Sin