He says the country cannot continue to operate as it has. A new model is needed, he says. He adds there has been talk of a new model for more than 10 years but change has not been possible under the current system. So what China needs now, he says, is even more reform. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top officials met recently to discuss plans for dealing with the country’s problems over the next five to 10 years. The official Xinhua news agency reported on the four-day-long-meeting. It said the Communist Party suggested a greater role for the free market in China’s state-controlled economy.