CCTV9英语新闻：中国开始新一轮的国有企业改革（在线收听）

How will the reforms under consideration likely affect the way things are done? The groundwork was laid at a key economic policy meeting last month. The new reforms are expected to take place in three major areas.

For more on this, we are now joined on the phone by Ding Yifan, the deputy head of the Development Research Center of the State Council.

Q1: Shanghai is the benchmark of China’s economic development and the city has taken the first step towards restructuring. What’s your analysis of the new round of reforms of state-owned enterprises in the city?

Q2: What kind of challenges are faced by the state-owned enterprises in the path of reform?