Beijing hopes to attract tourists and foreign investors with a stimulus program. However, foreign chambers of commerce are sceptical about its effectiveness and whether their members will actually benefit from it.
By Manuel Liu
With billions in funding under its new five-year plan, China wants to secure a leading global position in the quantum realm. Military applications are a major force driving the research.
By Andreas Landwehr
Meat grown from tissue samples, clothing made from spider silk, fuel produced from industrial waste gases: Biomanufacturing is of major strategic importance.
By Angela Köckritz
China is intensifying its fight against corruption: Wang Jianjun, the former vice chairman of the securities regulator, is under investigation for abuse of office. Fighting corruption remains a top priority for the government.
By Yi Ling Pan
In the new Five-Year Plan, the automotive industry is less of a focal point than it used to be. Yet its importance to Chinese industry remains exceptionally high. Industry experts explain why this is not a contradiction.
By Jörn Petring
With its new Five-Year Plan, China aims to accelerate the hydrogen ramp-up. It is positioning itself to supply Europe’s growing demand for hydrogen derivatives.
By Nico Beckert
The National People’s Congress has adopted China’s economic blueprint through 2030. Industrial upgrading and technological self-reliance remain core goals. Internationally, the plan is widely read as a further escalation of the technological race.
By Jörn Petring and Leonardo Pape
With its new five-year plan, China also wants to push ahead with the ramp-up of hydrogen production and is positioning itself to meet the growing demand for hydrogen derivatives in Europe. Industrial decarbonization is also a focus of the five-year plan.
By Nico Beckert
Since 2022, more than 100 military figures have fallen victim to Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s purges. Now he is urging the armed forces to demonstrate political loyalty.
By Ning Wang
Europe urgently needs to act in unity, warns EU Chamber of Commerce President Jens Eskelund in this interview. Otherwise, China will play member states off against each other until it finds the country that gives it what it wants.
By Julia Fiedler
