Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission held a forum with eight
private technology firms on May 29. Party Secretary and Director Yang Xiuling
said Beijing will aim to become a world-class tech innovation source during the
15th Five-Year Plan period, further strengthen two trillion-yuan-scale industry
clusters—new-generation information technology and pharmaceuticals &
healthcare—and cultivate two additional trillion-yuan clusters in artificial
intelligence and green advanced energy/low-carbon environmental protection. She
urged private tech companies to leverage Beijing’s science, talent and
innovation resources and align with the capital’s high-quality development
agenda.