Facing a volatile world, Beijing has renewed its focus on economic and industrial planning.

The Communist Party’s Central Committee will discuss the next five-year plan – the country’s 15th – at a meeting next month.

Facing a volatile world, Beijing has renewed its focus on economic and industrial planning.

Facing a volatile world, Beijing has renewed its focus on economic and industrial planning.

China’s first plan pushed industrialisation, but after the country became the ‘world’s factory’, focus has shifted to advanced technologies.