A daily brief from Chinese government sources
The Chinese readout from Putin's visit lands this morning without mention of the Power-of-Siberia-2 pipeline that had been the trip's pre-billed prize. Beijing treats the omission as a non-event — which is itself the day's signal.
Day 8 · Trump–Xi summit Day 83 · Iran war
“We oppose all unilateral bullying and acts that turn history backwards — especially provocations that negate the outcome of World War II or seek to rehabilitate fascism and militarism.”
President Xi Jinping, joint press with Putin · May 201
“By jointly issuing the statement on world multipolarity and a new type of international relations, the two sides further injected precious stability and certainty into a turbulent world.”
Xinhua editorial in Qiushi · May 2110
“China's position firmly opposing U.S. arms sales to the Taiwan region is consistent, clear, and unwavering.”
MFA Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · May 217
“Lai Ching-te clings to an unachievable Taiwan-independence delusion. Seeking independence by force is a dead-end road; reunification is the bright path.”
MND Spokesperson Sr. Col. Jiang Bin · May 219
“The sustained development of China's economy will bring long-term opportunities for businesses from every country, including Boeing.”
NDRC Director Zheng Shanjie, meeting Boeing CEO · May 1511
“Enterprises' ability to manage exchange-rate risk has gradually strengthened, and their foreign-exchange trading has become more rational.”
SAFE Deputy Director Li Bin · May 1812
Drafting · 2026–2030
Today's NDRC private-enterprise forum was explicitly framed as 15FYP groundwork. The Mineral Resources implementing regulations and April's 12.6% high-tech manufacturing growth feed the same manufacturing-modernization spine.
Active · 2021–present
The Xi–Putin joint declaration on world multipolarity is a textbook GSI articulation; the Pakistan state visit and China's WTO challenge to EU rules trace the same multilateral-versus-bloc framing.
Active · 2020–present
April's domestic-demand picture (services growing while real-estate falls) and the NDRC private-enterprise consultation operationalize the domestic-primary axis; the WTO concerns push back on external-circulation friction.
China's Five-Year Plans are the central economic and social planning instrument of the Party-state. The 15th Five-Year Plan is being drafted now; it will be ratified at the 20th Central Committee's 5th Plenum in autumn 2026 and adopted by the National People's Congress in March 2027. Xi Jinping's January 20, 2026 speech to provincial and ministerial leaders — republished in Qiushi on April 30 — laid out the political-economic framing.
The closing 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) is in its final operational year. Its themes — dual circulation, common prosperity, and the "30/60" carbon-peak / carbon-neutrality targets — carry into the 15th plan rather than restart.