NDRC "15th Five-Year Plan" Press Conference: Key Work Points on Emerging Pillar Industries, AI+, and Data Elements

On November 3, 2026, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) held a press conference in the "Striving for the 15th Five-Year Plan" series, briefing on efforts to cultivate and strengthen new growth drivers.

The conference was chaired by Li Chao, Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office of the NDRC and spokesperson of the Commission.

Mr. Ma Weichen, Deputy Director of the Regional Coordinated Development Department of the NDRC; Mr. Ren Zhongbao, Deputy Director of the Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development; Mr. Wang Ruomeng, Deputy Director of the Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development; and Ms. Luan Jie, Director of the Policy and Planning Department of the National Data Administration, attended the conference and took questions of public interest, focusing on topics such as the cultivation of emerging pillar industries, the development of future industries, the building of a Digital China, the development of artificial intelligence, and the building of a maritime power.

Source: Policy Research Office of the National Development and Reform Commission

Li Chao:

Good morning, friends from the media. Welcome to the NDRC press conference. I am Li Chao, Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office of the NDRC and spokesperson of the Commission.

During this year's National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference sessions, the Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan was reviewed and approved at the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress, setting out a construction blueprint and roadmap for high-quality economic and social development over the next five years. Since the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan period, all departments and localities, in accordance with the deployment and requirements of the Plan Outline, have defined their goals and tasks, refined implementation measures, and introduced supporting policies, forming a pattern of plan implementation featuring clear division of labor, coordinated interaction, and broad participation. The NDRC, based on its functions and responsibilities, has strengthened overall coordination around the key tasks it leads and is responsible for, compiled specialized plans and implementation schemes for various fields in a list-based manner, refined the list of major engineering projects, and promoted coordinated efforts of macro policies.

To help you better understand the relevant situation, starting today the NDRC will hold a series of press conferences under the theme "Striving for the 15th Five-Year Plan," systematically introducing the work approaches, key tasks, and policy arrangements of relevant fields during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, focusing respectively on topics such as cultivating and strengthening new growth drivers, consolidating development support, building a solid security foundation, improving people's wellbeing, and jointly building the Belt and Road. At each press conference, we will invite responsible officials from relevant departments and bureaus to attend and answer questions of public interest.

Today is the first press conference of the series, with the theme "Cultivating and Strengthening New Growth Drivers." We are delighted to invite Mr. Ma Weichen, Deputy Director of the Regional Coordinated Development Department of the NDRC; Mr. Ren Zhongbao, Deputy Director of the Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development; Mr. Wang Ruomeng, Deputy Director of the Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development; and Ms. Luan Jie, Director of the Policy and Planning Department of the National Data Administration, to attend and take questions of public interest, focusing on topics such as the cultivation of emerging pillar industries, the development of future industries, the building of a Digital China, the development of artificial intelligence, and the building of a maritime power.

That is all for my introduction. We will now move to the question-and-answer session. Before asking questions, please state the media outlet you represent. Please go ahead.

2026-11-03 09:58:20

CCTV News: The Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan proposes striving to build emerging pillar industries. May I ask, during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, from which aspects will efforts be focused to accelerate the cultivation of industries into "pillars"?

2026-11-03 10:12:28

Ren Zhongbao: Thank you for your question. Pillar industries are the foundation of the national economy and an important front for developing new quality productive forces. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, we will focus on cultivating six major emerging pillar industries, including integrated circuits, aerospace, and biomedicine, which is of great significance for accelerating the shaping of new growth drivers and new advantages and promoting the smooth and continuous transformation of old and new growth drivers. At present, relying on an industrial system with complete categories and large scale, emerging pillar industries are showing good development momentum. Overall, this can be summarized in three words. First, "a solid foundation." China's emerging pillar industries have already reached considerable scale, with output value approaching 6 trillion yuan last year, and each industry has basically formed a relatively complete industrial chain and supply chain. Second, "strong momentum." R&D investment in various industries is growing rapidly, new technologies and new products are constantly emerging, and the industrial scale is accelerating and expanding. In the first three quarters of this year, integrated circuit output reached 442.8 billion units, a year-on-year increase of 23.3%; outbound technology licensing for innovative drugs amounted to about 130 billion US dollars, already close to the level of the whole of last year. Third, "broad prospects." At present and for some time to come, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation will develop in depth, new tracks and new scenarios will continue to expand, and the room for growth of emerging pillar industries will become ever greater. By the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the output value of emerging pillar industries is expected to double, reaching more than 10 trillion yuan, and become an important force supporting high-quality economic development.

During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, in accordance with the requirements of application-driven development, adapting to local conditions, deepening reform, and expanding opening up, we will fully leverage the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, better play the role of the government, and effectively carry out work related to cultivating emerging pillar industries.

First, we will strengthen innovation capacity building. Oriented toward basic research and original innovation, we will focus on laying out platforms such as major national science and technology infrastructure and science and education infrastructure, organize and implement national science and technology programs well, and improve the quality of science and technology supply. Oriented toward the development of industrial common technologies, we will improve the layout of national science and technology innovation platform bases, and, according to the needs of implementing national tasks, build and upgrade a number of national emerging industry innovation centers and national industrial technology engineering centers. Oriented toward enterprise technological innovation, we will continue to strengthen the principal role of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, support enterprises in leading the implementation of national science and technology projects and leading the construction of innovation platforms, and in particular support enterprises in strengthening basic research.

Second, we will focus on breakthroughs in key core technologies. We will fully leverage the advantages of the new system of mobilizing national resources, follow the approach of "industry poses the questions, science and technology answers them," plan and organize the implementation of a batch of industrial innovation projects, adopt extraordinary measures, and promote decisive breakthroughs in key core technologies in key fields across the entire chain. At the same time, we will strengthen the promotion and application of independently innovative products and technologies, implement policies for the application of first-of-their-kind major technical equipment, first-batch new materials, and first-version software, and form a virtuous cycle in which application drives research and iterative upgrading.

Third, we will focus on opening up application scenarios. For technology to become products, products to become industries, and industries to reach scale, major application scenarios are needed to drive the process. We will focus on the implementation and application of new technologies, new products, and new models, and create, by category, comprehensive major scenarios, integrated industry-sector scenarios, and high-value small-entry-point scenarios, forming a closed loop from technological innovation and industrial innovation to large-scale market application. In this regard, we have, together with relevant departments, launched the first batch of 136 landmark major application scenario projects, using a project-based and list-based approach to support various business entities in verifying the feasibility of technologies and business models, fostering supply chain supporting capacity, and forming industry standards.

Fourth, we will focus on building the industrial ecosystem. In terms of fundraising, we will make coordinated use of multiple funding channels, increase fiscal, financial, and other policy support, and guide social capital to support the development of emerging pillar industries. In terms of standards development, we will strengthen the integrated deployment of software and hardware and the coordinated layout of technology and standards, enhance cross-sector standards alignment, and accelerate the formation of a relatively complete technical standards system. In terms of talent cultivation, we will optimize the disciplines and majors offered by higher education institutions, build national platforms for integrating industry and education innovation, and cultivate top-tier innovative talent and highly skilled talent.

In addition, we will make good use of planning, projects, policies, and other tools to guide all localities to adhere to a nationwide coordinated approach, base themselves on local realities, scientifically and rationally choose development directions, and develop emerging pillar industries in light of local conditions and with differentiated positioning. It should be emphasized that coordinating development and security and firmly holding the security bottom line are very important for the sustained and healthy development of emerging pillar industries. We must, on the premise of ensuring security, promote the healthy and orderly development of relevant industries and gradually unleash development potential.

2026-11-03 10:13:43

Economic Daily: The Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan makes clear arrangements for deepening and expanding "AI+" and raising the level of digital and intelligent development. What are the considerations for deepening and expanding "AI+" during the 15th Five-Year Plan period?

2026-11-03 10:15:39

Wang Ruomeng: In recent years, China's AI development speed and application scale have led the world, and positive results have been achieved in shaping new drivers of economic development, improving people's well-being, and enhancing government governance. Overall, there have been major advances in three areas.

First, AI is moving from laboratories to factories, fields, and offices. In the industrial sector, more than 10,000 advanced-level smart factories have been built cumulatively, and AI product quality inspection, production line operation monitoring, and component fault diagnosis are widely used, improving production quality and efficiency. In agriculture, large models can identify pests and diseases and provide related plant protection plans, significantly reducing the use of pesticides and fertilizers, making field management more precise, and changing the old approach of relying on the weather and experience. In the service sector, AI is widely used in finance, logistics, and foreign trade; intelligent agents can autonomously complete tasks such as contract review, customs declaration and tax payment, and claims assessment and loss verification, giving rise to new business forms and models such as "employees + intelligent agents." At present, AI has moved from individual pilots to coordination across multiple links of R&D, production, and circulation, showing huge potential in improving efficiency, reducing risks, and saving costs.

Second, AI is moving from a distant concept to classrooms and clinics close at hand, making public services more equitable and inclusive. In education, through prompt-based dialogue with large models, everyone can learn the latest knowledge through continuous follow-up questions, greatly lowering the threshold for "apprenticeship." In medical care, more than 8,000 primary-level medical institutions in China have connected to cloud-based AI imaging services, so that ordinary people can also enjoy diagnostic services at the level of tertiary hospitals in community health service centers and township hospitals; the accuracy and detection efficiency of AI imaging screening for pulmonary nodules, cervical cancer, and other conditions have improved markedly, allowing more diseases to be detected early and treated promptly. In employment, AI has created a batch of new jobs, with model trainers and data annotators emerging from nothing; traditional jobs are also being upgraded with AI, as farmers can become drone pilots and production line workers can transfer to intelligent equipment operation and maintenance.

Third, AI enables services to move from passive processing to proactive discovery, making social governance more humane. In urban appearance management, unmanned city patrol vehicles automatically identify more than 40 types of urban appearance problems, such as illegal parking and overflowing garbage, and achieve a closed loop of immediate dispatch and follow-up verification. In urban traffic management, in congested peak areas such as central urban districts, AI accurately distinguishes travel needs and intelligently generates optimal control and signal matching plans, enabling convenient and efficient travel. In terms of government service outreach, large models break down data barriers among government departments and accurately identify recipients of minimum living allowances, extreme poverty assistance, preferential treatment, and temporary assistance; people do not need to submit materials and only need to confirm to receive relevant subsidies.

During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will continue to leverage advantages such as a complete industrial system, rich application scenarios, and strong engineering capabilities, focus on using implementation and application to drive technological innovation, make coordinated efforts at the point, line, and surface levels, and deepen and expand the "AI+" initiative.

At the point level, with scenarios as the unit, we will organize "AI+" application breakthroughs, giving priority to scenarios that are "dangerous, dirty, tiring, tedious, and difficult," such as mining, work at heights, and emergency rescue, using AI to solve industry pain points and establish more application models and benchmarks.

At the online level, with industries as the entry point, we will continue to promote the construction of national pilot bases for AI application in manufacturing, energy, transportation, healthcare, and other fields; in response to common problems in industry applications, coordinate the supply of factors and resources such as computing power, models, and data; accelerate the formulation of standards and the promotion of applications; and lower the threshold for AI implementation in industries.

At the broader level, with institutions as the focus, we will improve the "AI+" policy system, refine the implementation of key industry implementation plans, formulate guidelines for classifying application scenarios, and provide stronger institutional support for deepening and expanding "AI+".

2026-11-03 10:16:07

Xinhua News Agency: We have noted that the recently released China Marine Economy Development Report 2026 shows that in 2025 China's gross ocean product exceeded 11 trillion yuan, accounting for 7.9 percent of GDP, and the marine economy has become an important growth pole of the national economy. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, in what main areas will efforts be focused to promote new breakthroughs in the development of the marine economy?

2026-11-03 10:20:37

Ma Weichen: Thank you for your question. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, China's building of a maritime power achieved historic accomplishments. Gross ocean product successively crossed the three thresholds of 9 trillion yuan, 10 trillion yuan, and 11 trillion yuan. The scale of many industries, including shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment and marine transportation, ranks first in the world. A number of major national heavy equipment items, such as the world's largest ocean drilling ship "Mengxiang," were completed, and China completed its first manned deep dive in the Arctic ice zone. This series of "firsts," "largests," and "first-ever" achievements vividly demonstrates the solid pace and fruitful results of China's efforts to build a maritime power.

The 15th Five-Year Plan period is a crucial period for China to move from a major maritime country to a maritime power. We will continue to make sustained efforts in three areas—new science and technology, new industries, and new space—to solidly promote high-quality development of the marine economy and embark on a path of building strength through the sea with Chinese characteristics.

First, seek breakthroughs in new science and technology and accelerate the high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening of marine science and technology. In terms of technological breakthroughs, we will organize major technological breakthroughs in the marine field, build more major national heavy equipment items, focus on filling shortcomings in high-end instruments, key materials, and basic software, and firmly grasp the initiative in the development of marine science and technology. In terms of basic support, we will advance the development of education, science and technology, and talent in an integrated manner, coordinate the construction of innovation platforms in the marine field such as national laboratories, national key laboratories, and industrial technology engineering centers, support marine-related institutions in raising the development level of marine advantage disciplines and emerging disciplines, and cultivate a group of interdisciplinary and composite talents and engineering practice talents.

Second, cultivate momentum in new industries and strengthen, improve, and expand the marine industries. On the one hand, we will continue to consolidate the foundation of marine advantage industries, consolidate and enhance the advantages of the marine equipment manufacturing industry, strengthen the comprehensive competitiveness of marine transportation, and promote high-quality development of marine fisheries. For example, we will strengthen the construction of key coastal ports and coastal transportation trunk corridors, and, relying on key ports and multimodal transport networks, guide the cluster development of industries such as green petrochemicals near ports, advanced equipment manufacturing, and modern port and shipping logistics. On the other hand, we will accelerate the expansion of new opportunities in the marine economy, vigorously cultivate new industries and new forms of business such as marine biopharmaceuticals, marine new materials, and marine electronic information, promote the scaled development of marine energy in an orderly manner, expand the application of artificial intelligence in the marine field, and turn more innovation achievements into new products, new services, and new growth points. By 2030, China's gross ocean product is expected to exceed 13 trillion yuan.

Third, tap potential in new space and plan in an integrated manner the protection, development, and utilization of nearshore areas, the open ocean, the polar regions, and the deep sea. We will adhere to coordinated land and sea development and linked mountain and sea development, advance the construction of marine economy development demonstration zones and modern marine cities in light of local conditions, support inland regions in strengthening marine economy cooperation with coastal regions, and enhance the synergy of coordinated development. We will move more firmly toward the open ocean, carry out polar scientific research in an orderly manner, promote the implementation of deep-sea projects, improve the support and guarantee system for the deep sea and polar regions, deeply participate in global ocean governance, and contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions. Thank you all.

2026-11-03 10:21:29

China Development and Reform News: The three-year action plan for "Data Elements ×" is about to conclude, and the digital China section of the 15th Five-Year Plan Outline also makes systematic arrangements for unleashing the value of data elements. May I ask, during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, what important measures will the National Data Administration take to further stimulate the potential of data elements and unleash their value?

2026-11-03 10:27:54

Luan Jie: Thank you for your question! Activating the potential of data elements is one of the most distinctive stage-specific features of deepening the construction of digital China during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. Since the implementation of the three-year action plan for "Data Elements ×," we have adhered to scenario-driven approaches and accelerated the visible results of data empowering innovative economic and social development. The "Data Elements ×" competition has attracted more than 70,000 teams and 360,000 participants in total, covering 17 key industry fields and identifying 632 outstanding projects. Two batches of scenario guidelines cover 760 subdivided scenarios in 11 industry fields, and 417 typical cases have been released. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, in order to better leverage the empowering role of data elements, we will focus on advancing work in five areas.

First, we will improve the foundational systems for data elements. We will continue to refine the foundational data systems covering data property rights, circulation and utilization, revenue distribution, and security governance, focusing on making them more detailed and concrete. For example, to address the difficulty of confirming data ownership, we have launched the national data property rights registration service system. Next, we will promote the use of data property rights registration certificates as credible proof in data transactions, asset capitalization, and judicial adjudication, and continuously enhance the "value" of data property rights registration. As another example, to address data compliance challenges, we will accelerate research and formulation of guidelines on compliant data circulation and anonymization. In particular, for the data security issues involved in the use of data for artificial intelligence, we will explore new governance mechanisms that both enhance data security protection capabilities and leave room for compliant innovation in new technologies and new products.

Second, we will build an open, shared, and secure nationally integrated data market. We will accelerate the formulation of top-level documents for the nationally integrated data market, improve rules and standards for data circulation and transactions, cultivate specialized data circulation service institutions, encourage market-based data pricing and revenue distribution methods, and ensure that all parties involved in data supply, processing, development, and utilization can obtain reasonable returns. Together with relevant departments, we will plan and implement a new three-year "Data Elements ×" action, research and formulate guidelines for data circulation and utilization in key industries, remove bottlenecks across the entire chain, and build a closed loop for unleashing the value of data elements.

Third, we will deepen the development and utilization of data resources. We will research and issue relevant policy documents on the responsibility system for the development and utilization of public data resources, and explore the establishment of a revenue distribution mechanism for authorized operations of public data. We will thoroughly implement the action to enhance the data efficiency of state-owned enterprises, especially by giving play to the important role of the National Data Group in the development and utilization of data resources, and cultivate a group of data enterprises with active innovation. We will strengthen the construction of high-quality datasets, continue to promote six special actions—strengthening the foundation and expanding capacity, tackling annotation challenges, improving quality and efficiency, empowering applications, management services, and unleashing value—deepen pilot work on data annotation, build a network of industry annotation experts, establish a special mechanism for cross-regional coordination, and better empower the development of artificial intelligence.

Fourth, we will advance the development of data science and technology, standards, and talent in an integrated manner. Relying on various methods such as national key research and development plans, we will accelerate breakthroughs in key technologies and equipment for data supply, circulation, utilization, and security. We will improve the data standards system, strengthen the National Digital Economy Teaching Steering Committee, establish the National Data Vocational Education Teaching Steering Committee, and implement a cluster training plan for highly skilled talent in the data field.

Fifth, we will coordinate and deepen international cooperation in the digital economy. We will actively participate in the formulation of data governance rules under the framework of the United Nations Global Digital Compact and promote the building of a fair and inclusive global data governance system. We will support the first batch of pilot regions for international cooperation in the data field in carrying out pioneering trials, build service infrastructure for cross-border data flows, promote efficient, convenient, and secure cross-border data flows, and ensure that the benefits of data reach the people of all countries.

Thank you!

2026-11-03 10:28:41

Securities Times: The Outline proposes to "prospectively lay out future industries" and makes arrangements. Most future industries are in the gestation or early industrialization stage and are highly uncertain. How can the pertinence of "future industry" policy formulation be improved?

2026-11-03 10:32:05

Ren Zhongbao: Thank you for your question. In recent years, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have attached great importance to the development of future industries, strengthened strategic planning, and enhanced policy support, and the development of future industries has shown a good momentum, with overall competitiveness ranking in the global first tier and more and more fields achieving "running in parallel" or even "leading." But it should also be noted that there are still some problems in the development of future industries, prominently including: original innovation capacity is still relatively weak, there are still bottlenecks and obstacles in systems and mechanisms, and some localities show signs of "following the trend" and "clustering" in layout and construction. To this end, we must adhere to goal orientation and problem orientation, carry out coordinated planning, adapt measures to local conditions, cultivate in a tiered manner, and effectively advance work related to the development of future industries.

First, in terms of field layout, we must firmly adhere to the main direction. Unlike previous scientific and technological revolutions, the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation presents characteristics such as multiple breakthroughs, group breakthroughs, and cross-integration, and has bred numerous directions for future industry development. Only when the direction is clear can the path be right and the steps firm. Constrained by resources such as human, financial, and material resources, it is impossible for us to develop future industries in all areas and with evenly distributed efforts. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council, after comprehensively assessing factors such as future scientific and technological development trends, China's foundation for scientific and technological and industrial development, and future economic and social development needs, have clearly proposed that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, we will focus on developing future industries such as quantum science and technology, biomanufacturing, hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion energy, brain-computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, and sixth-generation mobile communications. We must act in accordance with the requirements of a nationwide chessboard, strengthen coordinated planning, and support all localities in selecting subdivided fields with foundations and comparative advantages for development according to local conditions.

Second, in scientific and technological innovation, we must highlight an originality orientation. The degree of scientific and technological breakthroughs largely determines the speed, breadth, and depth of future industry development. Future industries originate from breakthroughs in frontier technologies and need to rely more on basic research and promote original innovation. Basic research is the source of the entire scientific system and the master switch for all technological problems. We will increase investment in basic research, support exploratory basic research in pioneering innovation, accelerate the formation of a diversified investment pattern, and achieve more original and disruptive scientific and technological innovation.

Third, strengthen the role of enterprises as the main actors in resource allocation. Enterprises inherently connect science and technology, markets, and industry; they are the basic units of industrial development and the main force of innovation and creation. The rise of many future industries has been driven step by step by breakthroughs made by enterprises. We will strengthen the supply of inclusive policies, encourage enterprises to lead national science and technology tasks, support capable private enterprises in taking the lead in undertaking major national technological breakthrough tasks, and, through policy guidance, mechanism innovation, and optimization of the industrial ecosystem, promote the concentration of various innovation factors in enterprises, vigorously cultivate leading science and technology enterprises, and nurture a large number of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative enterprises, single-champion enterprises, and unicorn enterprises.

Fourth, focus on risk sharing in the policy environment. Cultivating future industries involves long cycles and high market risks, requiring the government to improve risk-sharing mechanisms while increasing investment. We will fully leverage the demonstrative role of the national venture capital guidance fund, make seed-stage, start-up-stage, and early-to-mid-stage enterprises in future industries key investment targets, use patient capital to accompany enterprises and industries on a "long run," and mobilize social capital to invest early, in small amounts, for the long term, and in hard technology. At the same time, we will cooperate with relevant parties to increase policy support such as financing guarantees and risk compensation, develop specialized products such as science and technology insurance, and better safeguard the development of future industries.

2026-11-03 10:32:50

China National Radio's Voice of China: In recent years, we can all feel that from the increasingly abundant high-quality seafood in markets and supermarkets to traveling on domestically built large cruise ships, the marine industry not only has broad development space but is also increasingly closely connected to our lives. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, how will China improve policy measures supporting the development of the marine industry and cultivate new drivers of marine economic development?

2026-11-03 10:37:42

Ma Weichen: Thank you for your question. As you just mentioned, we also feel this deeply in our work and lives. In recent years, all sectors of society have become increasingly aware of caring for, exploring, protecting, developing, and utilizing the ocean. After years of development, China has built the world's most complete marine industry system with the most categories, possessing all 15 major marine industries. There are many examples and data showing how marine industry development enhances the people's sense of fulfillment and happiness. For example, in 2025, China's marine aquatic product output reached 38.74 million tons, ranking first in the world for 37 consecutive years, and more and more high-quality seafood is reaching people's dining tables. For another example, in 2025, the added value of China's marine tourism industry reached 1.6 trillion yuan, making it the world's second-largest cruise market. In the next five years, we will deepen and solidify all work to promote marine industry development, so that the fruits of marine economic development better benefit thousands of households, with focus on the following three areas.

First, strengthen policy guidance and promote deep integration of marine scientific and technological innovation and marine industrial innovation. We will advance the layout and development of the marine industry toward the deep and distant seas, actively develop deep-sea aquaculture and modern distant-water fisheries, develop deep-sea wind power in a standardized and orderly manner, and advance the construction of offshore wind power bases, transmission projects, and grid connection projects in an integrated manner. By 2030, China's cumulative grid-connected offshore wind power installed capacity is expected to exceed 100 million kilowatts. In addition, we will orderly advance key tasks such as deep-sea mineral development, natural gas hydrate extraction, and ultra-deepwater oil and gas development, implement major projects such as the third phase of "Jiaolong Exploring the Sea" and the third phase of "Xuelong Exploring the Poles," use major tasks and project needs to drive technological breakthroughs, equipment upgrades, and commercialization of results, and stimulate the momentum and vitality of marine industry development.

Second, strengthen factor guarantees and increase support for marine industry development. We will coordinate the use of various government investment funds, support a batch of major projects that lay the foundation and benefit the long term, and scientifically and reasonably guarantee project needs for sea use, land use, and island use. We will promote market-based allocation of marine resource assets, actively advance layered and three-dimensional use of sea areas, and promote protection and development of sea areas and islands by category. For example, we will improve the island development and protection management system, comprehensively consider the functional positioning and comparative advantages of islands, scientifically classify different types and clarify differentiated requirements, and coordinate efforts to promote high-level protection and high-quality development of islands. We will also accelerate the development of blue finance, dynamically update the marine industry investment and financing catalog, encourage social capital to participate in marine economic development, and accelerate the formation of a diversified investment pattern.

Third, strengthen work coordination and comprehensive coordination to form a joint force promoting high-quality marine economic development. In conjunction with implementing the regional coordinated development strategy and major regional strategies, we will promote cooperation among major bays in transportation, innovation, ecology, opening-up, and other fields, orderly advance the optimization and integration of coastal port clusters, and deepen integrated development of ports, industries, and cities. For example, we will promote port integration, industrial collaboration, and coordinated ecological governance in the Bohai Sea, push the Yangtze River Estuary-Hangzhou Bay area to strengthen river-sea linkage and resource sharing, support the linked development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Beibu Gulf, and drive the continuous improvement of development levels in the three major marine economic circles in the north, east, and south. Next, the National Development and Reform Commission will earnestly perform the duties of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Regional Coordinated Development, strengthen coordination of important work, promotion of major projects, and coordination of key issues in the marine field, promote effective linkage and coordinated efforts of marine-related planning and policies, and promote new leaps in the quantity and quality of the marine economy. Thank you.

2026-11-03 10:38:25

The Paper: While artificial intelligence brings huge development opportunities, it also brings new risks and challenges such as algorithm security and ethical norms. May I ask, during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, how will China coordinate development and security to ensure the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence?

2026-11-03 10:41:19

Wang Ruomeng: At present, there is broad consensus across society that artificial intelligence presents both opportunities and risks. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized the need to ensure that AI is safe, reliable, and controllable. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will consistently balance development and security, embedding security throughout every stage of AI research and development, application, and governance, with a focus on four areas of work.

First, improve the governance rules system and clarify compliance boundaries. On the one hand, we will systematically summarize China's experience and practices in AI governance, accelerate the advancement of foundational and comprehensive AI legislation, and build the four pillars and eight beams of the AI laws and regulations system. On the other hand, we will accelerate the improvement of legislation safeguarding common elements such as data, computing power, and algorithms, as well as legislation regulating key application scenarios, and establish safety standards and ethical guidelines covering the entire life cycle of AI. At the same time, given the rapid iterative nature of AI, we will conduct periodic assessments of the implementation of institutions and promptly and dynamically adjust institutional content that is no longer applicable.

Second, optimize the regulatory environment and enhance regulatory adaptability. AI governance must also adapt to the characteristics of the AI field: new, fast-iterating, and wide-ranging. On the one hand, we will take a coordinated approach to the timing, degree, and effectiveness of policies, reasonably set transition periods for regulatory policies, and clarify transparent and predictable regulatory requirements and enforcement standards. On the other hand, we will embed regulation within services, provide application compliance guidance for different industries and fields, improve safety and compliance service systems such as assessment, consulting, and certification, help relevant parties better fulfill compliance obligations, and reduce their compliance costs. At the same time, we will innovate regulatory methods, support the building of AI "regulatory sandboxes" for different fields, and simultaneously improve the sandbox management mechanisms for application, testing, use, and exit, pre-set risk buffer plans, and broaden the space for trial and error and tolerance of mistakes.

Third, clarify the collaborative governance responsibilities of multiple entities and build a joint force for co-governance. The prevention and control of safety risks is the common responsibility of government departments, industry organizations, enterprises, and the public. For government departments, we will strengthen departmental coordination, enhance the synergy of governance, and promote mutual recognition of regulatory results. For industry organizations, we will actively leverage their bridging role and promote the formation of more industry consensus, self-discipline conventions, and so on. For enterprises, we will encourage developers and operators to strengthen risk management awareness, promptly disclose safety risks, and proactively report safety incidents and vulnerability information. For the general public, we will open up more AI learning resources, regularly organize science popularization activities, enhance the AI ethics literacy and risk prevention awareness of the whole population, and form a multi-party co-governance pattern with participation from all of society.

Fourth, actively respond to the impact of AI on society and ensure a people-centered approach that is upward and good. In terms of employment impact, we will pay close attention to the impact of AI on employment structure, fully stimulate the vitality of AI in creating new jobs and driving innovation and entrepreneurship, and promote the inclusion of new occupations such as model trainers and data annotators in the national occupational classification system. At the same time, regarding the risk of job displacement that the public is concerned about, we will strengthen monitoring and early warning, strengthen the connection between the social security system and changes in employment structure and work methods, and provide bottom-line and inclusive social security. In terms of rights protection, regarding issues of public concern such as algorithmic discrimination, deepfakes, and privacy leaks, we will use technical means to enhance the ability to trace abusive and malicious uses, resolutely crack down on illegal and criminal acts carried out using AI, ensure that the legitimate rights and interests of the public are not infringed upon, and in particular protect special groups such as the elderly and minors. In terms of mental health, we will regulate the human-machine boundary, strengthen guidance and intervention to prevent addiction and emotional dependence, improve social psychological assistance and intervention channels, and respond to the impact of AI on mental health.

2026-11-03 10:42:31

21st Century Business Herald: The "15th Five-Year Plan" Outline devotes a special section to deploying the building of a Digital China and makes systematic arrangements for improving the level of digital and intelligent development. May I ask, during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, what key measures will be taken to advance the implementation of the Digital China construction tasks and comprehensively empower economic and social development with digital and intelligent technologies?

2026-11-03 10:47:55

Luan Jie: Thank you for your question! As you said, the "15th Five-Year Plan" Outline not only devotes a special section to deploying Digital China construction, but also makes task arrangements for digital and intelligent transformation in relevant fields in various chapters, fully demonstrating that digital and intelligent development has been deeply integrated into all aspects of economic and social development, and that the strategic position of Digital China construction in the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization is becoming increasingly prominent. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we will coordinate the planning and construction of Digital China, the digital economy, and the digital society, issue and implement three action plans for the digital economy, digital society, and data infrastructure, and promote the deep empowerment of high-quality economic and social development by data elements and digital and intelligent technologies.

First, focus on the digital economy and create a new engine for economic development. We will strive to enhance the competitiveness of core industries of the digital economy, support the development of innovative digital economy enterprises, accelerate technological innovation in key digital fields, develop new forms of digital and intelligent services such as data and computing power based on scenario applications, and build digital industry clusters with international competitiveness. We will also base ourselves on the foundation of real economy development, promote the deep integration of digital and intelligent technologies with the real economy, deeply implement data empowerment projects, support the building of a batch of comprehensive digital empowerment platforms, promote upstream and downstream coordination in the manufacturing industry chain to carry out digital and intelligent transformation, develop smart agriculture, promote data empowerment to expand capacity and improve quality in the service industry, and unleash the potential of digital consumption.

Second, we will jointly build and share a digital society and create a better new digital and intelligent life. Focusing on areas of general concern to the people such as education, healthcare, and employment, we will work with relevant departments to continue strengthening and making good use of the national smart education public service platform, promote the digital and intelligent development of health for all, build intelligent employment service platforms, and strengthen digital literacy and skills training for all. We will also continue to advance the all-round digital transformation of cities, deeply implement the urban digital renewal action, and enrich scenarios such as smart homes, smart travel, and smart communities, so that people's lives become more comfortable, convenient, and reassuring.

Third, we will build and operate data infrastructure to consolidate a new cornerstone for digital and intelligent development. Data infrastructure is one of the 109 major projects in the Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan. We will further advance the pilot first trials of data infrastructure construction, actively and prudently develop facilities for data supply, circulation, and application, orderly promote the interconnection of data infrastructure, and build a distributed, scenario-based, multi-level facility system. We will carry out pilot projects for innovative operating models of data infrastructure in key areas, and push data infrastructure to move from being built to being used.

We will also coordinate the advancement of digital government, digital culture, and digital ecological civilization, and deepen international and domestic exchanges and cooperation in the digital field. We will work with relevant departments to strengthen cross-departmental, cross-industry, and cross-regional data sharing and business coordination, expand scenarios for handling one matter efficiently, so that people can handle affairs with less worry; advance the building of a single form system, deepen the sharing and reuse of government data, and effectively reduce the burden on the grassroots; deeply implement the national cultural digitization strategy and build a national database of cultural relics resources; implement the project to enhance the digital and intelligent governance capacity for a Beautiful China and accelerate the coordinated transformation toward digitalization and green development; under multilateral and bilateral mechanisms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China-ASEAN, APEC, BRICS+, China-Singapore, and China-Brazil, promote the building of cooperation mechanisms and platforms, and deliver a batch of small yet beautiful practical projects, so that digital and intelligent technologies better benefit the people of all countries; we will also rely on the Digital China Construction Summit and the China International Big Data Industry Expo to showcase the achievements of Digital China construction, and we welcome continued attention from friends in the media.

Thank you!

2026-11-03 10:48:37

China Daily: At present, artificial intelligence is accelerating its evolution, the global intelligence divide continues to widen, and developing countries generally hope to share development opportunities. How does China plan to advance international cooperation on artificial intelligence during the 15th Five-Year Plan period?

2026-11-03 10:49:56

Wang Ruomeng: In July this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the World AI Conference and, standing at the height of all humanity, raised four questions of the times that are highly fundamental and forward-looking, stressing that the development of artificial intelligence should not be a solo performance by one country but should be a symphony of global cooperation. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, we will adhere to open source and openness and inclusive development, and with a more open posture, more pragmatic actions, and a longer-term vision, practice multilateralism, effectively give play to the important role of the United Nations, and use practical actions to promote artificial intelligence as an international public good that benefits all humanity. We will focus on doing three areas of work well.

In terms of consolidating the foundation for development, we will strengthen artificial intelligence capacity building and promote the equal participation of all countries in the process of artificial intelligence development. We will implement the Global Initiative for AI Governance and, in the principle of mutual respect and mutual benefit and win-win, strengthen policy exchanges and practical cooperation with all parties. We will unswervingly promote the open-source and inclusive development of artificial intelligence and advocate that all countries build intelligent systems that suit their own cultural characteristics and development needs. At present, China is advancing the process of substantive operation of the World AI Cooperation Organization, and 38 countries have joined as founding members. We will strengthen the alignment and coordination of artificial intelligence development strategies, governance rules, and technical standards with all parties, and quickly create a batch of cooperation outcomes that are down-to-earth and accessible.

In terms of accelerating application empowerment, we will deepen high-level opening up in the field of artificial intelligence and empower humanity's sustainable development. General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed building international artificial intelligence application cooperation centers for ASEAN, the Arab League, the African Union, CELAC, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and BRICS countries. At present, we are orderly advancing the construction of application cooperation centers, accelerating the building of comprehensive service platforms, enhancing the accessibility of artificial intelligence products and services, and enabling the fruits of artificial intelligence development to benefit the people of all countries. At the same time, we will deepen application cooperation in artificial intelligence in areas such as poverty eradication, quality education, employment promotion, health and well-being, and climate change, bridge the digital and intelligence divide, and jointly solve the difficult problems of global sustainable development. For example, in his keynote speech at the World AI Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping mentioned the meteorological intelligent early warning solution Mazu. Recently, relevant departments issued an implementation plan to promote the global rollout of Mazu and completed localized deployment in some countries, helping areas prone to typhoons, floods, and droughts to issue early warnings and relocate people in advance.

In terms of responding to risks and challenges, we should enhance international mutual trust and deepen practical cooperation in security governance. Since the beginning of this year, multiple AI safety incidents have occurred worldwide. Not long ago, a large AI model developed by our country also participated in the handling and response to an international sudden safety incident, achieving relatively good results. This shows that AI safety is not a problem that a single enterprise, a single industry, or a single country can solve alone, but a global challenge that all countries need to face together. We advocate deepening international cooperation in AI governance within a multilateral framework, promoting the building of global governance rules, strengthening the coordination of regulatory frameworks, jointly researching safety governance standards, strengthening coordination in vulnerability reporting, risk early warning, response and handling, and enhancing mutual trust in intelligent systems. In September this year, during the meeting between the Chinese and US heads of state, both sides agreed to establish a China-US AI dialogue, exchange views on AI-related risks and benefits, and establish communication channels for AI incidents. We are willing to work with all parties to promote the healthy and orderly development of AI in a beneficial, safe, and fair direction.

2026-11-03 10:50:49

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