A tech investment surge, child-friendly policies and efforts to work with the US featured at the Chinese Communist party’s political gathering
China’s Communist party has approved early plans for its next major political blueprint, after a week-long meeting in Beijing.
A press conference on Friday morning marked the end of China’s fourth plenum, a key meeting in the country’s political cycle and a crucial one in the development of its 15th five-year plan, which is due early next year.
Recommendations for the next plan were broadly outlined in Friday’s press conference and an earlier communique. Although many of the priorities are no secret, analysts and markets are watching keenly to see how the world’s second-biggest economy plans to take on the next half-decade.
China has “significantly increased” its tech investment, said Yin Henjun, minister of science and technology, with AI seeing numerous breakthroughs. AI and computing power would continue to be a major area of focus from 2026 onwards, but Yin also added that stronger regulations, laws and ethical standards were needed.
