Reference News Network, March 23 report: The website of Mexico's "El Sol" published an article titled "China's Path to 2030: The 14th Five-Year Plan" on March 19, authored by Ricardo Daniel Delgado Muñoz. The article is translated as follows:

China has recently released the outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan, which clearly defines the core goals for economic and social development by 2030, aiming to consolidate national sovereignty and overall national security.

In the outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan, China proposes to expand domestic demand and enhance the level of industrial self-reliance. Expanding domestic demand has been an important strategy for China to maintain sustained and healthy economic development over the years, relying on internal driving forces, changing the growth model that mainly relied on foreign investment and exports since the reform and opening up in 1978.

Additionally, the outline emphasizes accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance through the development of new productive forces, with annual average growth in R&D investment maintained above 7%. China will prioritize the development of future industries, including quantum technology, sixth-generation mobile communication, biomanufacturing, hydrogen energy, and nuclear fusion energy.

At the same time, China will accelerate the development of industries such as intelligent connected new energy vehicles, robots, high-end equipment, and aerospace.

Notably, the outline also provides policy guarantees for traditional industries, proposing to promote the quality improvement and upgrading of traditional industries such as petrochemicals and machinery equipment, continuously playing a supporting role in economic growth.

Furthermore, national security is no longer a complementary element of economic development goals but has become an important tool to ensure economic development. The outline requires focusing on weak links in the industrial chain and supply chain.

The outline explicitly calls for accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, achieving decisive breakthroughs in key core technologies in major areas throughout the entire chain. The outline incorporates artificial intelligence into the science and technology strategic deployment, requiring accelerated breakthroughs in basic theories and underlying technologies.

The outline proposes to thoroughly implement a new energy security strategy, clearly stating the commitment to independently ensuring core oil and gas demands. This way, China can reduce its dependence on foreign oil and gas and guard against energy security risks caused by geopolitical turbulence.

Overall, the core vision of this Five-Year Plan is to promote China's autonomy and control across various development fields, thereby achieving international leadership in relevant areas.

The government work report for 2026 pointed out that the main expected goal for 2026 is an economic growth rate of 4.5% to 5%, striving for better results in actual work. This target is sufficient to support China in achieving its set economic development goals, including the phased requirements for per capita GDP. At the same time, China is also intensifying efforts to address a series of major challenges, including boosting resident consumption, alleviating the pressure of population aging, promoting equalization of basic public services, resolving government debt risks, and enhancing the risk resistance capability of industrial chains and supply chains. (Translated by Zhang Weiyu)

From January 16 to 17, 2026, the 2026 Fusion Energy Technology and Industry Conference was held in Hefei, Anhui Province. The photo shows participants visiting a model of the compact fusion energy experimental device (BEST). (Xinhua News Agency)

Original: toutiao.com/article/7620259994172129827/

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