China publishes its five-year employment plan.
Today's events
Five-year jobs plan.
The State Council issued its 2026–2030 employment blueprint, making “high-quality, full employment” a top development goal, one of a wave of new five-year sector plans.1Jul 2 · State CouncilCentral bank opening.
China’s central bank announced six measures to modernize financial markets, including an offshore-yuan trading pilot in Shanghai and a repo facility for foreign central banks.2Jul 2 · PBOCXi promotes generals.
Xi Jinping promoted two officers to general at a Central Military Commission ceremony — the military’s new top anti-corruption officer and the Air Force commander.3Jul 3 · CPC NewsAI-agent standards.
China’s market regulator and industry ministry issued the country’s first national standards for linking AI agents across platforms, giving each agent a “digital ID.”4Jul 3 · SAMRBeautiful China plan.
The State Council released its five-year environmental plan, pledging to meet the 2030 carbon-peak target on schedule and expand the national carbon-emissions trading market.5Jul 3 · State CouncilElectric-vehicle tax.
From 2027 China will end the vehicle-tax break for electric commercial vehicles and plug-in hybrids, citing that new-energy cars now exceed half of new-car sales.6Jul 3 · MOFWorld’s largest grid.
China’s energy administration said the country has built the world’s largest power-supply system, with 2025 electricity use topping 10 trillion kilowatt-hours.7Jul 3 · NEAGig-worker insurance.
China extended occupational-injury insurance for platform and gig workers to all 31 provinces from July 1; the four-year pilot already covers nearly 30 million people.8Jul 3 · People’s DailyParty anniversary.
Xi’s July 1 speech marking the Party’s 105th anniversary, republished in Qiushi, said the Party had “fundamentally changed the destiny of the Chinese people.”9Jul 6 · Qiushi
Voices
“Today the Chinese people have taken their destiny firmly into their own hands, striding toward an even brighter future with confidence, self-reliance, and self-strengthening.”
Xi Jinping, 105th Anniversary of the Communist Party · Jul 19
“In 2025, bonds and equities together made up 47% of new social financing — surpassing bank loans for the first time.”
Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People’s Bank of China · Jul 22
“Preaching ‘free and open’ with their lips while plotting confrontation in their hearts — such disingenuous notions run counter to the region’s shared wish for peace and cooperation.”
MFA Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · Jul 210
“Standardization sets a floor, raises the ceiling, and spurs innovation — precisely resolving the industry’s pain points and safeguarding the high-quality development of the AI-agent sector.”
Zhu Meina, SAMR Standards Technical Management Dept. · Jul 34
“Employment is the most basic of livelihoods — bearing on people’s immediate interests, on healthy economic and social development, and on the nation’s lasting stability.”
State Council, 15th Five-Year Employment Plan · Jul 21
“By 2030 green ways of production and life will take shape, the carbon-peak target will be met on schedule, and total emissions of major pollutants will keep falling.”
State Council, Beautiful China 15th Five-Year Plan · Jul 35
Sources
- State Council, “Notice on Issuing the 15th Five-Year Plan for Implementing the Employment-First Strategy” (Guofa [2026] No. 16), July 2, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/employment-first-15th-five-year-plan
- People’s Bank of China, “Changes in China’s Financial Structure and the Modernization of Financial Markets” (Governor Pan Gongsheng keynote, 2026 Lujiazui Forum), July 2, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/…/pan-gongsheng-lujiazui-keynote
- CPC News, “Xi Jinping Attends Central Military Commission Ceremony Promoting Officers to the Rank of General,” July 3, 2026. cpc.people.com.cn/…/cmc-general-promotion-ceremony
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “China Releases First National Standard System for AI-Agent Interconnection,” July 3, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/…/ai-agent-interconnection-standards
- State Council, “Notice on Issuing the 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Beautiful China” (Guofa [2026] No. 20), July 3, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/beautiful-china-15th-five-year-plan
- Ministry of Finance, “Announcement on Adjusting Vehicle-and-Vessel Tax Preferences for Energy-Saving and New-Energy Vehicles” (MOF/Tax/MIIT Announcement 2026 No. 19), July 3, 2026. mof.gov.cn/…/new-energy-vehicle-tax-adjustment
- National Energy Administration, “China Has Built the World’s Largest Power-Supply System” (China Power Supply Development Report 2026), July 3, 2026. nea.gov.cn/…/power-supply-development-report-2026
- People’s Daily, “Occupational-Injury Insurance Pilot for New-Form Employment Extended Nationwide,” July 3, 2026. society.people.com.cn/…/occupational-injury-nationwide
- Qiushi, “‘Fundamentally Changed the Destiny of the Chinese People’ — Studying Xi Jinping’s Speech at the 105th Anniversary of the CPC,” July 6, 2026. qstheory.cn/…/cpc-105th-anniversary-speech
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun’s Regular Press Conference,” July 2, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/guo-jiakun-press-conference-jul-2