Tsinghua University economist who studies China's 国情, its national conditions, and advises on five-year plans. His claim that China had overtaken the US in overall national strength drew public criticism in 2018.
Hu Angang is dean of Tsinghua's Institute for Contemporary China Studies.
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He was born in Anshan in 1953, while his father worked at its steelworks, and was named after them: 鞍钢 is the short name of Anshan Iron and Steel, a showpiece of China's first five-year plan.