Overview
- The Understanding China Conference in Guangzhou concluded with officials presenting the XV Five‑Year Plan as the framework for a new stage of socialist modernization.
- The plan’s social objectives include raising national life expectancy to 80 by 2030, maintaining the elimination of extreme poverty, and strengthening nationwide health systems.
- Party representatives said the plan is expected to be approved by the National People’s Congress in March 2026.
- Officials credited China’s renewable‑energy supply chain with cutting average global wind and solar generation costs by more than 60% and 80% over the past decade.
- Speakers portrayed China as consolidating into a scientific and technological innovation hub and promoted openness through the Belt and Road and four stated global initiatives.