The 14th Five-Year Plan makes clear that self-sufficiency has grown as a priority for China’s leadership. But it is light on specifics. The details will probably be fleshed out in the raft of industry-level plans that usually follow its publication. But in the meantime, the best guide to policymakers’ ambitions comes from a widely-overlooked source, the “Made in China 2025” Key Technology Roadmap. This controversial document – full of explicit targets for market share– was quietly updated late last year, expanding the number of sectors and adding new goals for 2030.
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