Details of the new plan have been hashed out behind closed doors by leader Xi Jinping’s inner circle over months. Its leaders are also well aware they are setting up the country’s next economic plan at a moment of acute risks and opportunities. Officials are clear that making a “domestically driven, high-tech manufacturing future” requires having a “skilled and adaptable workforce,” Wong added. Efforts to address the issue will likely be “more prominent” in this plan and focus on strengthening China’s social security nets, he added. But when transmitted from Beijing this week, the message from the halls of power will be another one – that China’s innovation and its development are a boon to the world.

Source: Egypt Independent March 04, 2026 08:49 UTC