Beijing is recasting farm resilience as a capacity task. Grain output still sets the floor. The harder test is whether farmland, water, labour, local services, storage, logistics and markets can hold up when shocks hit.
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29 Jul 2026
AI data centres want three things from the grid: power that never fails, is clean, and is low-cost. No grid can meet all three; Beijing's AI+ energy Action Plan does not try to solve that trade-off. It asks data centres to choose, and to pay for their choice.
ICT
energy
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23 Jul 2026
Clinical trials tell you whether a drug works in ideal conditions. Real-world data (RWD) tells you whether it works on actual patients over time, and Beijing has decided it needs the second kind of evidence, and is building the infrastructure to collect it at scale. Since 2013, RWD has expanded beyond the handful of pilot zones used to fast-track drug registration.
health & aged care
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14 Jul 2026
Since 2021, the low-altitude economy, with drones as one of its core platforms, has been steadily elevated into a nationally championed strategic industry. Operating civilian drones is, at the same time, ever more strictly regulated. The 2024 'Interim regulations on the flight management of unmanned aircraft', set up real-name registration, operator certification, mandatory liability insurance and flight approval.
economy
R&D
ICT
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10 Jul 2026
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beyond the harvest, toward resilience
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pricing China's AI+ energy plan
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building real-world evidence for drugs
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PRC drone economy sheds hobbyists for workflows
monitoring
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strategic and emerging industriesscience and technologytech transfer, R&DAI...read more27 Jul 2026
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farmlandseedgreen aggrain reservesag futuresfood security strategyfood productiongrainoilseedscotton...read more27 Jul 2026
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duties and tariffsWTOtrade agreementsUS/Canadalabour relations...read more26 Jul 2026
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Ma XiaoweiScience and Health Committee deputy director National Health Commission (NHC)
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