Yet in India, the event passed with barely a whisper. No major paper or academic institution has analyzed the discussion. This silence signals a deeper failure to grasp the scale of the challenge across the Himalayas.The session launched China’s 15th Five-Year Plan. It did not address macroeconomic stabilization or geopolitical posturing, typical topics at such events. Instead, it focused entirely on planning and developing future industries. If the idea of “new quality productive forces” introduced two years ago was the strategy, this meeting laid out the plan.
China’s leaders were clear: seize the top positions in science and technology, and drive national development. Mastering future industries is not optional in great power competition; it is a compulsion. Those who lead these technologies will shape the global economy.