China’s State Council approved an Expand Consumption 15th Five-Year Plan that
prioritizes high-quality digital consumption and an AI+consumption push. The
plan targets faster supply of next‑generation smart terminals — AI-capable
smartphones and PCs, smart wearables, service robots, desktop 3D printers — and
calls for accelerated R&D and interoperability of smart security and video-care
systems. It directs pilots for intelligent connected vehicle access and on-road
operation. The plan also promotes wider use of AI and VR in lifestyle services
and tourist sites, and integration of AI into education, healthcare, culture,
tourism and sports to expand intelligent-systems application scenarios. On
digital content, it seeks more high-quality digital cultural and museum
products, greater ultra‑HD broadcast and online audiovisual supply, and
development of VR films and LED digital cinemas.
