自2014年10月佐科就任印尼第7任总统以来，经过近一年时间的政治运作，佐科打破了在国会“朝小野大”的僵局，由弱势总统变成强势总统。不过，2016年底出现的钟万学事件表明印尼的政权斗争仍未停息，加上宗教极端团体兴起、恐怖袭击事件频发等因素，导致2016年底和2017年政局的微妙变化。由于地方首长选举的举行，2017年印尼政治焦点将由中央转向地方。2016年，印尼经济企稳回升，私人消费和财政刺激有效提振内需，通货膨胀率降低，股市汇市走高，国际收支状况改善，就业和消除贫困形势好转。近年来，佐科政府积极实施改革措施，大力整顿营商环境，加快推进基础设施建设，调整经济结构，并已取得初步成效。
Indonesian president Joko Widodo changed the political scene of “ Weak government and strong parliament” through his skillful running after taking office for one year since October，2014. The political state in late 2016 and early 2017 went into unrest with three huge demonstrations for imprisoning Jakarta's former Christian Chinese governor，Basuki Tjahaja Purnama（popularly known as Ahok）for alleged blasphemy against Islam and terrorist attack. The 2017 political struggle will become more heated and focus on provincial and municipal elections. The economic situation in 2016 kept stable with low inflation，strong stock market and exchange rate，improvement of international payments，continuous increasing domestic demand stimulated by private and government consumption and further reduction of poverty. The Joko's government took a variety of measures such as developing infrastructure，improving environment of doing business，adjusting structure of economy to stabilize economy.
