Qatar tribune Agencies China’s political leadership has set ambitious economic and tech development goals for the next decade, signalling a consensus among the Communist Party’s upper echelon on how best to cope with China’s economic challenges. The goals were unveiled in a statement on Thursday that also announced that the party would hold its long-anticipated third plenum meeting from July 15 to 18. The announcements came after the meeting of the Politburo – the highest decision-making body in Chinese politics – and set the tone for the coming plenary session to be attended by more than 370 members of the Communist Party elite.
The 10-year goals range from the economy to social development and state building, and will extend beyond President Xi Jinping’s third term, which ends in 2028.The plenary session will “primarily examine issues related to further comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese modernisation”, according to state news agency Xinhua. It will also lay out a series of interim goals to be reached by 2035, which is pivotal for China to narrow the gap with the United States and other advanced economies, and seek a stronger footing in the high-end value chain, which ultimately serve China’s second ambitious centenary goal in 2049 – to become an economic and technology superpower.
“By 2035, a high-standard socialist market economic system will be fully established, the socialist system with Chinese characteristics will be further i.
