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China’s new five-year plan aims to challenge US tech dominance by focusing on semiconductors and artificial intelligence, setting a goal for operating revenue in related sectors to exceed 30 trillion yuan by 2030. The plan also emphasizes technological self-reliance, prioritizing the indigenous BeiDou satellite navigation system and next-generation battery and solar technologies like perovskite tandem solar cells.

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On Tuesday, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission, its top economic planning agency, announced priorities for the electronics and information technology industry in their latest five-year plan. The plan aims to challenge US tech dominance by focusing on breakthroughs in sectors such as artificial intelligence and integrated circuits. By 2030, China forecasts that operating revenue of enterprises and manufacturers in related fields will surpass 30 trillion yuan. This move comes amid an intensifying tech race with the United States and Beijing’s push for technological self-reliance. Additionally, the plan emphasizes the expansion of China's indigenous BeiDou satellite navigation system to compete more effectively against the US-led Global Positioning System (GPS).

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🔮 China bets on chips and AI in new 5-year road map to challenge US tech dominance Plan forecasts that operating revenue of enterprises and manufacturers in related sectors will exceed 30 trillion yuan by 2030 An intensifying tech race with the United States, along with Beijing’s drive for technological self-reliance, has led China’s leaders to place greater significance and urgency on breakthroughs in sectors ranging from artificial intelligence to integrated circuits and chips in its latest five-year plan for electronics and information technology. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planning agency, on Tuesday outlined priorities for the electronics and IT industry over the next half-decade. The plan also calls for a greater role for the indigenous BeiDou satellite navigation system as it competes with the US-led Global Positioning System.

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China bets on chips and AI in new 5-year road map to challenge US tech dominance Plan forecasts that operating revenue of enterprises and manufacturers in related sectors will exceed 30 trillion yuan by 2030 An intensifying tech race with the United States, along with Beijing’s drive for technological self-reliance, has led China’s leaders to place greater significance and urgency on breakthroughs in sectors ranging from artificial intelligence to integrated circuits and chips in its latest five-year plan for electronics and information technology. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planning agency, on Tuesday outlined priorities for the electronics and IT industry over the next half-decade. The plan also calls for a greater role for the indigenous BeiDou satellite navigation system as it competes with the US-led Global Positioning System.

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🔮 China bets on chips and AI in new 5-year road map to challenge US tech dominance Plan forecasts that operating revenue of enterprises and manufacturers in related sectors will exceed 30 trillion yuan by 2030 An intensifying tech race with the United States, along with Beijing’s drive for technological self-reliance, has led China’s leaders to place greater significance and urgency on breakthroughs in sectors ranging from artificial intelligence to integrated circuits and chips in its latest five-year plan for electronics and information technology. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planning agency, on Tuesday outlined priorities for the electronics and IT industry over the next half-decade. The plan also calls for a greater role for the indigenous BeiDou satellite navigation system as it competes with the US-led Global Positioning System.

2026-09-16 · South China Morning Post

China bets on chips and AI in new 5-year road map to challenge US tech dominance · assertive framing

China bets on chips and AI in new 5-year road map to challenge US tech dominance Plan forecasts that operating revenue of enterprises and manufacturers in related sectors will exceed 30 trillion yuan by 2030 An intensifying tech race with the United States, along with Beijing’s drive for technological self-reliance, has led China’s leaders to place greater significance and urgency on breakthroughs in sectors ranging from artificial intelligence to integrated circuits and chips in its latest five-year plan for electronics and information technology. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planning agency, on Tuesday outlined priorities for the electronics and IT industry over the next half-decade. The plan also calls for a greater role for the indigenous BeiDou satellite navigation system as it competes with the US-led Global Positioning System. asserted

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And China is prioritising next-generation battery and solar technologies, including perovskite tandem solar cells, which pair a perovskite layer with a conventional silicon cell to capture more sunlight and improve power-conversion efficiency. asserted

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