Nov 3 — At a press briefing on the '15th Five' agenda, the China state planner said the current tech revolution is characterized by multiple, clustered and cross-disciplinary breakthroughs, producing many potential future-industry directions. Beijing has singled out priority sectors for the '15th Five' period including quantum technology, biomanufacturing, hydrogen and fusion energy, brain–computer interfaces, embodied intelligence and 6G. The planner warned development cannot 'cover everything'

Nov 3 — At a press briefing on the '15th Five' agenda, the China state planner said the current tech revolution is characterized by multiple, clustered and cross-disciplinary breakthroughs, producing many potential future-industry directions. Beijing has singled out priority sectors for the '15th Five' period including quantum technology, biomanufacturing, hydrogen and fusion energy, brain–computer interfaces, embodied intelligence and 6G. The planner warned development cannot 'cover everything' and called for national coordination while backing local governments to pursue subfields where they have existing foundations and comparative advantage.