MIIT Holds 13th Five-Year Plan Implementation Meeting
On October 31, 600 Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) officials gathered to study implementation of the 13th Five-Year Plan, according to a report on the MIIT website. MIIT Minister Miao Wei called on MIIT to ensure that the Five-Year Plan fits into the overarching objectives of the China Manufacturing 2025 policy in the following areas:
- New generation ICT technology
- Robotics
- Aviation equipment
- Marine engineering equipment
- Modern rail transportation equipment
- New energy automobiles
- Electrical equipment
- Agricultural machinery
- New materials
- Pharmaceutical and high-performance medical equipment
It is expected that the 13th Five-Year Plan will be formally released and implemented during the upcoming National People's Congress meeting in Spring 2016.