On the 15th October 2004, in association with the British Council and Accenture, The Foreign Policy Centre hosted a high-level workshop and roundtable on public sector reform in China with members of the Policy Research Office of the State Council (the Chinese Prime Minister's 'Policy Unit'). The discussion centred on lessons from Britain's experience for China's reform process across three thematic topics; effective policy design and delivery, devolved decisionmaking and the lessons of privatisation.