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12 Years Later, China Is Still Suffering From Its Five Trillion Yuan Economic Stimulus Plan Commentary The U.S. government is now pushing for a new infrastructure plan that starkly resembles Beijing’s 5 trillion yuan rescue plan back in 2009. A significant factor is that mass printing of hard currency plays a key role in both plans. U.S. lawmakers can learn from China’s experience by gaining a deeper understanding of Beijing’s 2009 stimulus plan. Looking back, Beijing’s 5 trillion yuan (which is about $781 billion today) rescue plan succeeded in preserving employment, but overall it was a failure due to the distortion of the entire Chinese economic structure. The Chinese regime shifted toward a dependency on real estate and restricted the consumption of Chinese citizens. A more disastrous result of the 2009 plan was that it created a massive railroad, highway, and infrastructure excess capacity, which diverted most assets toward real estate, especially in terms of resident

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