As the traditional GDP-fuelled model’s marginal returns weaken, Beijing is addressing its constraints by shifting to investing in health and careers across education, employment, healthcare, social security, and other livelihood sectors.
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16 Jan 2026
Beijing recognises that a new global economic paradigm must take shape, with trade running both ways. ‘Expand international circulation’ is a priority under commerce in the 15th 5-year plan proposal.
economy
trade
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06 Jan 2026
Beijing is trying to square three aims at once. The first is grain security, maintaining control over core staples as land is shifted away from cash crops. The second is farm upgrading, bringing in tech and capital to build a more productive, higher-value food sector.
trade
food & agriculture
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17 Dec 2025
A remapping of global commodity flows driven by strategic security rather than price efficiency is underway. The PRC, the world’s biggest farm importer, is shifting away from old Western partners and toward a new nexus of suppliers in the Global South.
food & agriculture
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25 Nov 2025
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Beijing embraces human capital
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export to China?
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selective opening at the food frontier
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Beijing’s new food security atlas
monitoring
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growth modelpolitical trendssupervisionaccountability...read more28 Nov 2025
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importsag market accessUS/Canadafood security strategygrainoilseeds...read more26 Nov 2025
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growth modelsupply-side reformconsumptionservicesovercapacitystrategic and emerging industries...read more26 Nov 2025
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why Beijing keeps delaying the beef safeguard ruling
non-tariff barriersag riskfood security strategyfood consumptionfood productionmeat...read more26 Nov 2025
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Li YongzhiChina National Academy of Educational Sciences (CAES) party secretary and president China National Academy of Educational Sciences
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