Tracking the Forces Reshaping the Economy
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Tracking the forces shaping energy, capital and industrial change.
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The Hubei Regulatory Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, after completing the 2025 internal control evaluation and report review for administrative institutions, proposed 'Four Adherences' to urge central budget units stationed in Hubei to improve their internal control systems and fulfill their primary responsibilities for financial and accounting supervision.
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BilibiliWorld 2026 took place at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, attracting 400,000 visits over three days. The Third Shanghai Dimension Roaming Month began concurrently at Wujiaochang Square, alongside the launch of the 'Roaming Realm·IP Co-creation Plan'. Interest-driven consumption is becoming a core incremental force in Shanghai's physical retail recovery.
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The General Offices of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have issued guidelines on improving the natural resource asset management system, setting targets to establish a more robust system by 2030 and a comprehensive system by 2035.
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The State Council has issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Health to provincial governments and departments. The plan sets a target of average life expectancy reaching 80 years and a smoking rate among people aged 15 and above dropping to 20% by 2030, alongside tasks to optimize health services, strengthen safety barriers, improve the service system, foster new drivers, and advance efficient governance.
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The State Council has approved in principle the 15th Five-Year Plan for Expanding Consumption, tasking the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce with its implementation. The plan sets a target for total retail sales of consumer goods to reach around 60 trillion yuan by 2030 and outlines tasks in eight areas including service consumption, goods consumption, and new business forms.
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On July 2, 2026, China's State Council approved the 15th Five-Year Plan for Expanding Consumption, submitted by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce. The plan sets a target of total retail sales of consumer goods reaching around 60 trillion yuan by 2030, and outlines measures to boost service consumption, upgrade goods consumption, foster new business forms, enhance purchasing power, and improve the consumption environment.
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The State Council released the National Health 15th Five-Year Plan, setting a target of life expectancy reaching 80 years and reducing the smoking rate among those aged 15 and above to 20% by 2030, alongside measures for disease control, rehabilitation expansion, and digital health.
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The Hubei Provincial Communications Administration held a special meeting to re-mobilize and re-deploy flood emergency communications support, requiring telecom companies to build super base stations in disaster-prone areas, pre-position satellite phones and other backup equipment, and enhance 5G roaming, emergency SMS, and drills.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, revealing six outstanding traits of the Party. Xi's party-building thought provides fundamental guidance for Party building in the new era, and Chinese modernization contributes Chinese wisdom to solving major human problems.
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Shandong's Tai'an, Hunan's Miluo and Gansu's Yongchang are improving rural elderly care networks through mutual-aid point systems, small community care sites, and professional meal delivery and nursing services, benefiting over 53,500 seniors.
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Hebei University of Technology reveals its research platforms grew to 72 during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, with NSFC approvals stable at 100 per year; Northeast Forestry University established China's first bachelor-master-doctor integrated ecological civilization curriculum; Beijing’s Xicheng District added 64,600 school seats; Xiong'an New Area's 85 schools paired with 83 high-quality schools in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
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The 4th China-CEEC Spokespersons' Dialogue brought together over 20 spokespersons for discussions on modernization and visits to Xiaomi's auto plant, an embodied intelligence center, a Shanghai short-video base, and Zhoushan Port, observing China's tech capabilities and bilateral cooperation.