Services exports are gaining ground within the composition of PRC trade. Premier Li Qiang called for ‘cultivating the 'China Services' brand’ in the Government Work Report delivered at the Two Sessions. The aim is to build a globally competitive brand through standardised, high-value services like tech, finance, logistics, and consumer-facing services.
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19 Mar 2026
The Two Sessions amplified the agricultural message delivered in the 2026 No. 1 Document. Five years of short-term fixes—ag policy ‘whac-a-mole’—will now transition to a more systematic forward-looking vision.
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17 Mar 2026
The Work Report sets the annual targets; the 5-year plan Outline, due later this week, sets the five-year architecture within which those targets make sense. This brief explains that architecture—how it is built, what problems it is designed to solve, and what will genuinely change over the next five years as a result. It makes three arguments for interpreting the plan
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05 Mar 2026
The new move in 2026 is its tight link to 'new quality productive forces' in farming. The thrust now shifts from 'find more to eat' to 'grow and make it better'. The No. 1 doc text promotes wider use of AI tools on farms. It frames these as ways to raise yield, lift quality, and cut waste, rather than chase pure volume.
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25 Feb 2026
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Two Sessions: what are ‘China services’?
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Two Sessions 2026: reinforcing agricultural transition
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how to understand the 15th 5-year plans
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No. 1 document 'Big Food' concept
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growth modelstrategic and emerging industriesSMEsscience and technologyresearch institutesenergy security...read more17 Mar 2026
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demographicschildren...read more17 Mar 2026
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minoritiesNPC legislative agenda...read more12 Mar 2026
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growth modelsupply-side reformovercapacitytraditional industryenergy transitioninfrastructurecarbon neutrality...read more10 Mar 2026
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Cao YingNational Centre for Strategic Research and International Cooperation on Climate Change Policy and Regulation Department deputy director
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Jiang ZhaoliMEE (Ministry of Ecology and Environment) Climate Change Department deputy director
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Ye XingqingDirector-General, Department of Rural Economy, Development Research Centre of the State Council
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