Building a modernized industrial system and reinforcing the foundations of the real economy are put on top of the major objectives of China's 15th Five-Year Plan for 2026 to 2030, which is significant for China's development, according to experts.
The objectives are outlined in the Recommendations for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development adopted at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which concluded in Beijing on Thursday.
"The Central Committee stressed that we must be firm in doing our own business well. The key to this is to do a good job in economic development, the key to which is finding a supporting point in reality. A modernized industrial system is the most basic support for economic construction, and it is also where China's core competitiveness lies in international competition for the long run. So, to put the building of a modernized industrial system before all other tasks means seizing the most fundamental link in the entire economic construction. And in the building of the modernized industrial system, real economy is taken as the main player, which is based on the current Chinese industrial system and takes lessons in the development of some other countries," said Dong Yu, executive deputy dean of the China Institute for Development Planning at Qinghua University.
"In the future development, we should attach great importance to manufacturing industries, including to keep a rational proportion of manufacturing in the entire economic development. That is, in such a complicated and changing international situation, how should we secure our sci-tech development and its leading position? An advanced manufacturing industry is the most important aspect we need to prioritize," said Zhang Xiaojing, director of the National Institution for Finance and Development at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
"According to the arrangements of the 20th CPC National Congress, the importance of education, science and technology, and human resources has been further lifted, and they have been put together in detailed arrangements. And this task is closely associated with the development of new quality productive forces. So, the innovation dynamics played off truly through the integration of education, science and technology, and talent will serve as the source of new quality productive forces," Dong said.
Modernized industrial system building prioritized in 15th Five-Year Plan
Iran's UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani on Tuesday urged the UN secretary-general and the Security Council to condemn the United States for inciting violence and threatening to use force against his country.
In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Somali UN ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, who serves as the rotating president of the Security Council for January, Iravani accused U.S. President Donald Trump of openly inciting violence in Iran, citing Trump's post on social media platform Truth Social.
"This reckless statement explicitly encourages political destabilization, incites and invites violence, and threatens the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iravani said in the letter.
He also called on the UN secretary-general and the Security Council "to fulfill their Charter-based responsibilities by unequivocally condemning all forms of incitement to violence, threats to use force, and interference" in Iran's internal affairs by the United States.
Iran is also urging all UN member states to refrain from provocative and irresponsible statements or actions that violate the UN Charter, including the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Iran, the letter said.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Iran's mission to the UN accused the U.S. of trying to stage "regime change" in the country, using sanctions, threats, engineered unrest and chaos to manufacture a pretext for military intervention.
With U.S. officials repeatedly threatening to intervene, Chief Commander of the Iranian Army Amir Hatami has stressed that the Iranian armed forces are in a state of full readiness, warning that any miscalculation by "enemies" would trigger a decisive response.
Iran's Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh has also said that the country will respond forcefully to any attack and "defend the country with full force and until the last drop of blood."
The United States virtual embassy in Iran on Tuesday urged U.S. citizens to leave the country.
According to media reports on Wednesday, the U.S. is withdrawing some of its personnel from its military bases in the Middle East as a precaution amid heightened regional tensions.
Qatar has also confirmed that personnel are departing U.S. bases there over "regional tensions."
Meanwhile, media reports quoted anonymous sources saying that Iran has warned neighboring countries hosting U.S. forces that U.S. military bases could be targeted if the U.S. intervenes in the ongoing unrests.
Iran calls on UN chief, Security Council to condemn U.S. for inciting violence
