China Achieves Remarkable Progress in Innovation and Industrial Optimization: Gov't Work Report

Published: Mar 5, 2026 11:44
The Government Work Report stated that over the past year, China’s development moved toward the new and the better, demonstrating vigorous vitality. New quality productive forces developed steadily, with abundant achievements in scientific and technological innovation; the R&D and application of artificial intelligence, biomedicine, robotics, quantum technology, and other fields were at the global forefront. New breakthroughs were made in independent chip R&D; Tianwen-2 embarked on its “star-chasing” journey; the large-scale application of BeiDou was comprehensively expanded; construction began on the hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River; the first domestically built electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier, the Fujian, was officially commissioned; and domestically developed large models led the global open-source ecosystem. The industrial structure continued to be optimized: the value added of high-tech manufacturing and equipment manufacturing grew by 9.4 and 9.2, respectively; the production of industrial robots and integrated circuits increased by 28 and 10.9, respectively; annual NEV production exceeded 16 million units; and EV charging facilities surpassed 20 million. Energy consumption per unit of GDP fell by 5.1, and ecological and environmental quality continued to improve.

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