Anonymous10 days ago
China's 15th Five-Year Plan, approved in March 2026, commits to making China the global leader in AI, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing by 2030, backed by annual R&D spending exceeding $569 billion and growing at 7% per year. The strategy builds on the mixed record of Made in China 2025—which hit 86% of its targets but fell far short in semiconductors and aerospace—and faces both intensifying Western export controls and structural economic headwinds including a GDP growth target of just 4.5–5%, the slowest in the reform era.