Fourth plenum begins work on the 15th Five-Year Plan recommendations

Shanghai hosted the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, where Premier Li Qiang proposed a global organization for AI cooperation and China released an action plan for global AI governance. The...

China hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, bringing member-state leaders and partner governments together. The meeting let Beijing foreground Eurasian security, economic...

At the SCO Plus meeting, Xi called for cooperation among a wider group of states and advocated changes to global governance. The appeal to multipolarity draws on long-standing criticism of Western...

China held a major parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the global defeat of fascism. The state’s commemoration emphasized...

China announced controls covering specified rare earth materials, technologies, and foreign-produced items containing Chinese-origin content. The expansion demonstrated the geopolitical weight of...

The plenum adopted recommendations for the next five-year plan, emphasizing modernization, technological capability and economic resilience. The document linked China’s domestic development goals with...

China and ASEAN members signed an upgrade to their free-trade framework covering areas including the digital and green economies. Negotiations were conducted among states with different levels of...

APEC economies met in Gyeongju, South Korea, to discuss regional economic cooperation. China’s participation took place in a forum where members negotiate by consensus despite political and economic...

China submitted its 2035 nationally determined contribution to the UN climate regime. The filing placed the world’s largest annual greenhouse-gas emitter within the Paris Agreement’s next planning...

At the annual symposium on international affairs and China’s foreign relations, Wang Yi described the next planning period as a new stage in China’s external engagement. The address provides a primary...