China moves toward nationwide long-term care insurance

The NPC adopted a law governing formulation and implementation of national development plans. It gives statutory form to planning that has guided investment and reform since the early PRC,...

The 2026-2030 outline establishes goals for high-quality development, innovation, consumption, social provision, and modernization. It reasserts national planning as a tool for economic sovereignty...

The NPC adopted a comprehensive environmental code, consolidating rules for pollution control, ecological protection, and green development. Codification strengthens the legal architecture for...

A national guideline prepares province-wide pilots extending second-round household land contracts by another 30 years, while reaffirming collective ownership. The arrangement seeks tenure stability...

New rules strengthen conduct and integrity requirements for SOE leaders. They frame the governance of state capital as a political and economic reform issue, emphasizing discipline and...

The regulations establish a framework for monitoring and responding to risks to industrial and supply chains. They deepen the state's role in managing globalization under geopolitical pressure,...

The new zone brings China's pilot FTZ network to 23, targeting trade, logistics, innovation, and links with northern neighbors. Opening is organized through territorial pilots under central oversight,...

Guidelines simplify project approvals, update enterprise-investment catalogs, standardize tenders, and create lifetime responsibility for government-investment decisions. The reform seeks faster...

Twenty-four measures support cross-border e-commerce, bonded maintenance, biomedicine, domestic-foreign trade integration, and smart regulation. Bonded zones have become major platforms for China's...

Guidelines seek to expand service capacity, logistics, software, health, childcare, eldercare, culture, and tourism. The ambition reflects services' growing share of output and employment, but...