there’s one big question for Chinese policy makers next year can Beijing get people to start spending again key economic meetings this week hinted that officials are planning to make consumption their top priority in 2025 at an annual economic work conference officials signaled more public borrowing and spending and affirmed a policy shift to focus on domestic demand earlier the poit bureau vowed to forcefully lift consumption and boost demand across the board stimulating that consumer appetite is critical for policy makers as they steer China through a looming trade war with the US essentially president XI Jin ping is banking on his own people to buy more Chinese products rather than relying on overseas demand but it’s unclear what approach Beijing will take to turbocharge consumption she’s aversion to welfarism means easier ways to get people spending like Nationwide cash handouts don’t look likely and the country’s real estate crisis and an unexpected slowdown in consumer inflation last month suggest that restoring confidence among China’s Shoppers is going to be an uphill battle