In the Central Committee’s recommendations for the 15th Five-Year Plan, electric vehicles are no longer listed as a strategic industry. Instead, quantum technology, embodied AI and 6G mobile communications are named as new growth drivers.
By Fabian Peltsch
The corruption scandals have severely shaken the party leader’s confidence in his military leaders. At the Central Committee plenum, it became clear that Xi Jinping is far from finished.
By Andreas Landwehr
The fourth plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party has come to an end in Beijing. A final declaration reaffirms the party leadership’s intentions to modernize industry and promote technological independence.
By Leonardo Pape
The Fourth Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party has been discussing the future political compass of the People’s Republic of China since Monday. German companies will also feel the effects of the strategic realignment based on security issues.
By Marcel Grzanna
The members of the Central Committee meet to discuss the social and economic goals up to 2030. The focus is on challenges such as the real estate crisis, weak domestic consumption and overcapacity in industry.
By Fabian Peltsch
China's former Minister of Agriculture Tang Renjian has been sentenced to death with probation for bribery. He is alleged to have accepted cash and real estate worth millions from various offices.
By Julia Fiedler
The Chinese government declares the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama outside of China to be illegitimate. Special rapporteurs from the United Nations (UN) are now sharply criticizing this.
By Marcel Grzanna
At the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, China wants to make a new international security architecture palatable to countries from the Global South in particular. It is part of China's vision of a multipolar world order.
By Angela Köckritz
