As China enters its 15th Five-Year Plan period, policy priorities are focused on boosting domestic demand, upgrading industry through innovation and accelerating the green transition across sectors from advanced manufacturing to new energy. Are the conditions right for China to transition to an innovation and consumption-led economy?

This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 in Dalian, China on 23-25 June, 2026. Watch it here:

https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2026/sessions/15th-five-year-plan-unpacked/

Speakers:

Guo Lanfeng, President, China Society of Economic Reform (CSER)

Adam Tooze, Director, European Institute, Columbia University

Yuen Yuen Ang, Alfred Chandler Chair Professor of Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University

Wu Zuyu, Chairman, HiTHIUM

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