TOPIC

Made in China 2025

Made in China 2025
Launched by Premier Li Keqiang in 2015, the “Made in China 2025" strategy aims to guide the country’s industrial modernisation, including the substitution of foreign technology with innovation developed on the mainland.
The collaboration is “another significant milestone in Fosun Pharma’s strategy of innovation and internationalisation”, according to the company. Photo: Reuters
Biomedicine: Companies

China’s Fosun Pharma unit strikes US$2.1 billion obesity drug deal with Pfizer

Yao Pharma’s deal with the US pharmaceutical giant underscores China’s growing role in global biotech licensing.

Mainland China

Exclusive | China’s oldest shipyard Jiangnan plans world’s first nuclear-powered vessel

6
Robotics

China’s Pudu Robotics rolls out overseas charm offensive with robot dog

Zhongshan

End of an era: Japan’s Canon shuts China printer plant as local rivals rise

Closure marks a turning point, where Chinese brands have not only caught up with foreign rivals but have also begun to dominate home market.

Production stopped late last month at Canon Zhongshan Business Machines. Photo: Coco Feng
Robotics

Tsinghua University sets up research institute in push for robotics talent

The Institute for Embodied Intelligence and Robotics will be led by Zhang Tao, director of the university’s automation department.

China shipbuilding

China’s CSSC unveils plans for cruise, deep-sea and nuclear-powered vessels

CSSC’s plan to develop specialised vessels is in line with Beijing’s ambition to transform the country into a shipbuilding powerhouse.

4
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Mainland China

Chinese EV makers tipped to storm global top 10 carmakers by 2030, McKinsey says

Chinese carmakers are expected to climb the global league tables over the next five years, as technology and scale disrupt the leaders.

China’s EV makers are expected to be among the top 10 in the world league table by 2030. Photo: Xinhua
China economy

Opinion | The rise of a Beijing-led ‘Global South Consensus’

As the Global South seeks a better development model and China looks for alternatives to mature markets, a match made out of mutual need is emerging.

videocam
US-China relations

China sees progress while US sees threat in industrial success

A US Congressional commission highlights advances made by China under an industrial programme, as well as laying out recommendations to curb national security risks.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV makers accelerate robotics drive for ‘game-changing’ edge over US

Xpeng, Cherry and others expand beyond cars, with humanoid robot Iron winning praise from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Xpeng’s humanoid robot Iron relies primarily on visual data for training and decision-making. Photo: Shutterstock
China manufacturing

‘Significant gains’: US review evaluates ‘Made in China 2025’ advancements

The decade-long strategy reduces strategic vulnerabilities and strengthens geopolitical leverage, congressional report finds.

videocam
17
Made in China 2025 was launched in 2015, a decade-long strategy to develop and incorporate advanced technologies into the manufacturing sector. Photo: SCMPOST
He Xiaopeng

China’s Xpeng posts record revenue as robotaxi and humanoid ambitions take shape

JPMorgan raises Chinese electric-vehicle maker’s price target, citing long-term AI potential.

Mainland China

Unitree, AgiBot robots steal the show at Shanghai’s import expo

Humanoid robots and cyber dogs are among the showstoppers that help companies gain sales opportunities at the CIIE.

China economy

Opinion | China’s development model is reverberating around the world

‘Made in China 2025’ has helped Beijing increase its level of self-reliance and severely dented the global appeal of free-market economics.

videocam
6
Illustration: Craig Stephens
China Mobile

China Mobile aims to triple AI computing power using homegrown chips

Accelerating AI infrastructure buildout is expected to be a major theme in China’s 15th five-year plan in 2026.

videocam
China Mobile chairman Yang Jie outlined the ambitious target at the China Mobile Global Partners Conference in Guangzhou on Saturday. Photo: Shutterstock
China manufacturing

Beijing’s new ‘Made in China’ standards give foreign firms ‘national treatment’

Whether companies are state-owned, private or foreign, China’s new policy aims to prevent favouritism or discrimination by government procurement bodies.

China shipbuilding

China monitors shipbuilding capacity to prevent oversupply

Authorities have established a checks-and-balances mechanism to ensure the industry’s sustainable growth.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
China manufacturing

China closes biotech gap with US as new drugs, pipelines top 30% of global total

Beijing has ramped up support for the bioeconomy with a five-year plan aimed at making the country a global leader by 2035.

Operating microscope and the flag of China. Photo: Shutterstock
China technology

Opinion | China’s 10-year industrial plan is paving the way for tech greatness

The Made in China 2025 plan to modernise manufacturing power is just one of the first steps in upgrading the nation’s technological prowess.

videocam
Mainland China

China doubles down on AI – but calls for rational, not ‘blind’, growth

Beijing wants regions to shape AI to local needs, avoiding the fierce competition plaguing some sectors and weighing on the economy.

videocam
China's economic recovery

China races to embed AI use across major industries with ambitious 2030 target

Beijing’s strategy seeks to integrate AI in manufacturing, healthcare and many other sectors to fuel long-term growth.

Humanoid robot AI technology from China in front of Chinese national flag. Photo: Shutterstock
China Future Tech briefing

Semiconductors | China chipmakers seek to loosen Nvidia’s AI stranglehold

Huawei and Cambricon are among Chinese companies trying to challenge Nvidia as export bans on the chip giant’s most advanced processors stoke government efforts to pare reliance on US technology.

China chipmakers seek to loosen Nvidia’s AI stranglehold
Britain

China vows stronger biotech support as deals with global drug makers surge

Chinese developers signed one-third of all agreements with global drug firms in the first half of 2025.

Mainland China

China’s booming low-altitude economy spurs demand for ‘drone flight planners’

Beijing eyes growth in the emerging sector, but industry faces a severe talent shortage.

videocam
Energy

China’s oil sector breaks new ground with export of suction anchors to Brazil

The suction caissons – developed under the Made in China 2025 project – will be used to secure deep-sea oil platforms in Brazil.

videocam
An offshore oil and gas platform operated by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) in the South China Sea. CNOOC is also the producer of the deepwater suction anchors recently delivered to Brazil. Photo: Xinhua
US-China trade war

What are China’s ‘future industries’? And why they count in the global tech race

From humanoids to quantum computing, Beijing wants to reshape its economy – and lead the world in next-gen technologies.

videocam
4
China has made huge advances in humanoid robotics in recent years – now hosting more than half of the world’s publicly traded firms in the sector, according to Morgan Stanley. Photo: Xinhua
China's economic recovery

China pledges to build megaprojects despite pivot to domestic consumption

Beijing will press ahead with major investment projects, even as policymakers look to boost household spending to drive future growth.

US-China trade war

‘Historic opportunity’: why China is betting on a poor province in trade war

A few years ago, it beat extreme poverty – now, it’s a frontline province in Beijing’s economic shift.

4
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement