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China sets four principles for developing new productive forces
China’s central government issued an opinion on October 9 setting out how the country should develop what it calls new productive forces.
It says development should be innovation-led, driven by reform, suited to local conditions and managed by establishing new industries before phasing out old ones.
The guidance responds to concerns about unrealistic investment, rushed expansion of emerging industries and neglect of upgrading traditional ones.
It also calls for closer links between scientific research and business needs, including choosing research projects according to demand and evaluating them by their practical use.
The aim is to help new technologies become useful products and economic activity.
The policy gives particular attention to clean energy, including wind, solar, energy storage and hydrogen.
China’s National Development and Reform Commission says these fields are entering a period of faster commercial growth, and cites an International Energy Agency estimate of $2.2 trillion in global clean-energy investment in 2026.
China has set four principles for developing new productive forces: innovation-led development, reform as a priority, adapting policies to local conditions, and establishing new systems before dismantling old ones.
The principles are included in an opinion issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council.
A National Development and Reform Commission official said they are intended to prevent unrealistic investment, rushed development of emerging industries, neglect of traditional industries and emphasis on growth over reform.
The opinion calls for deeper reform to strengthen links between science and technology and the economy, with more attention to demand.
It also emphasizes advancing an energy revolution, as clean energy investment and deployment expand globally.
- Who
- The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council issued the opinion. A National Development and Reform Commission official explained its principles.
- What
- China set four principles for developing new productive forces: innovation-led development, reform as a priority, adapting policies to local conditions, and establishing new systems before dismantling old ones.
- When
- The opinion was issued on October 9, 2026, according to the article.
- Where
- China.
- Why
- The principles are intended to guide development and correct problems including unrealistic investment, rushed industrial development and neglect of traditional industries.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
These four principles reflect the Party Central Committee’s deep understanding of the objective laws governing the development of new productive forces.
The main direction of reform of the science and technology system has not changed: it remains focused on closely integrating science and technology with the economy and resolving the separation between the two.
The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council issued an opinion on developing new productive forces.
China News Service published an article explaining the opinion’s principles and measures.
- Principles
- Innovation-led development; reform as a priority; adapting policies to local conditions; establish new before dismantling old
- Opinion issued
- October 9, 2026
- Global energy investment forecast
- $3.4 trillion in 2026, according to the International Energy Agency
- Clean energy investment forecast
- $2.2 trillion in 2026 for wind, solar, energy storage and hydrogen
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