Kremlin says Putin had no contact with the US CIA director.

At a State Council Information Office briefing on early implementation of the 15th Five-Year Plan, a Ministry of Industry and Information Technology official said China will establish national emerging-industry development demonstration bases during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The program will focus on next-generation information technology, new energy, new materials, intelligent connected NEVs, robotics, biomedicine, high-end equipment and aerospace, building benchmark zones to lead industry development. By 2035 the plan aims to cultivate roughly 100 demonstration parks with catalytic roles in cluster development, collaborative innovation, ecological optimization and governance, and about 1,000 demonstration enterprises that lead in product development, technology innovation, business-model innovation and management efficiency.

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