This is more than a procedural shift. For the first time, Hong Kong is attempting to align its policy cycle in advance with national planning priorities, yet alignment on its own is not a strategy. The more pressing question is whether the city can define a role that is distinct, necessary and difficult to replicate…
Hong Kong’s leader John Lee Ka-chiu has pledged to establish a “systematic policy framework” to align development goals with mainland China’s 15th five-year plan, aiming to formulate the city’s own blueprint by the end of the year. The chief executive made the remarks during a steering group meeting on Thursday convened to discuss Hong Kong’s…
Insider Brief China’s 14th Five-Year Plan elevates quantum information as a core part of a broader deep tech ecosystem aimed at achieving technological and economic self-reliance. The plan expands quantum’s role beyond communications to include computing and sensing, tripling the number of references compared to the 13th Five-Year Plan. While the emphasis on quantum has…
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China’s “institutional strength” will help the country tackle “major tests” over the course of the next five-year plan, analysts and state media have said. The country’s latest development plan, which is due to start next year and run until 2030, comes at a time when Beijing is facing increasing obstacles to its long-term ambitions both…
News | Five-year plan Published on: 26. October 2025 China’s Premier Li Qiang at a meeting on the implementation of the guiding principles of the 20th CPC Central Committee in Beijing. The Chinese leadership wants to continue its industrial policy guidelines in the 15th five-year plan, drive forward the development of important key technologies and…
China’s ruling Communist Party kicked off a key four-day conclave on Monday that will determine the country’s development over the next five years. The fourth plenum of the party’s Central Committee began on Monday morning, according to state news agency Xinhua. Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, who is also the nation’s president, delivered a work…
The main focus of the gathering will be the next five-year plan, which will set out the country’s economic, political and social goals amid ongoing tensions with the United States. The date was announced following a meeting of the Politburo on Monday that set the tone for the fourth plenary session, which will be attended…