Xi Calls 2026-2030 Plan Critical to Build China Into Sci-Tech Powerhouse
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Updated · Global Times · Aug 10
Xi Calls 2026-2030 Plan Critical to Build China Into Sci-Tech Powerhouse
2 articles · Updated · Global Times · Aug 10
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Xi Jinping said the 2026-2030 15th Five-Year Plan period is a critical phase for tackling bottlenecks and advancing China toward its 2035 goal of becoming a leading sci-tech country.
At a July Beijing science meeting and in a new Governance of China volume, Xi urged faster progress in high-level self-reliance while also calling for fuller participation in global science and technology governance.
Wu Hui of Peking University said recent measures — including youth-focused funding and looser paper-count incentives — are helping young researchers pursue long-term, strategically important work instead of "involution-style" competition.
Wu argued self-reliance and international cooperation reinforce each other, citing imported sensors, open-source computing tools and growing domestic substitution in research equipment.
AI framed the broader push: ahead of the 2026 World AI Conference, Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3, while Xi and Wu both stressed stronger global AI governance as adoption and risks accelerate.