China publishes its five-year farm modernization plan.
Today's events
Five-year farm plan.
The State Council issued its 15th Five-Year Plan for agricultural and rural modernization, making farm “new quality productive forces” and food security the central push.1Jun 2 · State CouncilFactory activity stalls.
China’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index slipped to 50.0% in May, the no-growth line, with small and mid-sized firms back in contraction.2May 31 · Stats BureauOutbound investment rule.
A new State Council regulation on outbound investment takes effect July 1, asserting national-security review over Chinese capital and assets going abroad.3Jul 1 · State CouncilTrade-secret rules.
China’s first trade-secret protection regulation took effect June 1, targeting staff who job-hop with secrets and prioritizing biopharma, chips, and AI.4Jun 1 · Market RegulatorUrban renewal plan.
The State Council released a 15th Five-Year Plan for urban renewal, pushing redevelopment of aging districts and a shift away from sprawl-style construction.5May 22 · State CouncilWaters east of Taiwan.
Beijing rejected Japan–Philippines talks to delimit seas east of Taiwan, insisting China holds rights there and any deal must include it.6Jun 2 · Foreign MinistrySummer-harvest push.
Vice Premier Liu Guozhong toured Hebei farms, urging fast mechanized wheat harvesting and “normalized” monitoring to prevent any large-scale slide back into poverty.7Jun 2 · State CouncilChina–Brazil dialogue.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Brazil’s foreign minister held their fifth strategic dialogue, pledging a “community with a shared future” and deeper Global South coordination.8Jun 1 · Foreign MinistryVice-chair expelled.
Xinjiang’s former political-advisory vice-chairman Jin Zhizhen was expelled from the Party and public office for bribery, his case sent to prosecutors.9May 7 · Discipline Commission
Voices
“Hyping up an external threat to find a pretext for military build-up is the customary trick of Japanese militarism; once that box is opened, no one stays unscathed.”
MFA Spokesperson Mao Ning · June 26
“China and Brazil have made a milestone leap from comprehensive strategic partners to a community with a shared future, offering a turbulent world more precious certainty.”
Foreign Minister Wang Yi · June 18
“China’s artificial-intelligence technology keeps iterating and is fusing ever faster with the real economy; it has already become a new engine of economic growth.”
Director Zheng Shanjie, National Development and Reform Commission · May 910
“The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index slipped to 50.0% and new orders fell to 49.9%, showing market demand has eased to the edge of contraction.”
National Bureau of Statistics, May survey · May 312
“We will crack down hard on taking trade secrets to a new employer and on malicious talent-poaching, and set up a fast-track rights-protection response.”
State Administration for Market Regulation · June 14
“He committed grave duty-related violations, is suspected of bribery, and showed no restraint after the Party’s 18th Congress; he is expelled from the Party and public office.”
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection · May 79
Sources
- State Council, “State Council Issues the Plan for Accelerating Agricultural and Rural Modernization During the 15th Five-Year Plan Period,” June 2, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/agricultural-rural-modernization-plan
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Purchasing Managers' Index for May 2026,” May 31, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/…/may-2026-pmi
- State Council, “Regulations of the State Council on Outbound Investment” (Order No. 837), effective July 1, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/outbound-investment-regulations
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Provisions on the Protection of Trade Secrets Take Effect June 1,” June 2, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/…/trade-secret-protection-provisions
- State Council, “State Council Issues the Plan for Urban Renewal During the 15th Five-Year Plan Period” (Guofa [2026] No. 12), May 22, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/urban-renewal-plan
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference,” June 2, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/mao-ning-press-conference-jun-2
- State Council, “Liu Guozhong Stresses Securing 'Three Summer' Production During Hebei Inspection,” June 2, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/liu-guozhong-hebei-three-summer
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Wang Yi Holds the Fifth China-Brazil Foreign Ministers' Comprehensive Strategic Dialogue,” June 1, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/china-brazil-strategic-dialogue
- CPC News / CCDI, “Jin Zhizhen, Former Vice-Chairman of the Xinjiang CPPCC, Expelled from the Party and Public Office,” May 8, 2026. fanfu.people.com.cn/…/jin-zhizhen-expelled
- National Development and Reform Commission, “Director Zheng Shanjie Inspects the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,” May 9, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/…/zheng-shanjie-shanghai-ai-lab