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MacroPolo is the core research and analytical platform of the Paulson Institute Think Tank at the University of Chicago. Brought to you by a team of experienced wonks and seasoned analysts, our aim is to decode China’s economic arrival across multiple dimensions and make the world's second-largest economy more accessible to a global audience. Few events will be as defining—or disruptive—as how the Chinese economy performs and evolves over the next decade. That is why anyone with a stake in where the global economy is headed needs to grapple with the complexity of China’s evolution. Yet elucidating a nuanced and balanced portrait of China’s economy, not platitudes or punditry, is becoming much more difficult. And that is why we have created MacroPolo. The animating idea behind our new digital platform is to create a hub for incisive, relevant, and accessible research on China’s political economy. We also examine the multifaceted economic linkages between the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China, with a particular emphasis on cross-border investment. The research and interactive products on MacroPolo reflect our broad interest in China’s political economy. But we have deliberately narrowed the scope of the platform to focus on areas that are not systematically covered elsewhere yet, in our view, merit greater prominence and deeper analysis. MacroPolo includes, among its many features, macroeconomic analysis and detailed assessments of specific aspects of China’s economic reform agenda, including urbanization, labor market reform, developments with state-owned enterprises, fiscal and tax policies, and trends in China’s energy sector. As with all products of our think tank, we aim to deliver insights useful to audiences as diverse as economic policymakers, businesses, market participants, and both generalists and specialists. The venture is a nonprofit, but our in-house experts are also available to provide advisory services in some areas.