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Issue 141

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China Adopts 15th Five-Year Plan

12 Mar 2026: China’s National People’s Congress officially adopted the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development (15th FYP). The document is intended to guide China’s social and economic development strategy from 2026 to 2030. While the final version of the document has not yet been released, the…

Author Greg Gillinger Published March 24, 2026

12 Mar 2026: China’s National People’s Congress officially adopted the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development (15th FYP). The document is intended to guide China’s social and economic development strategy from 2026 to 2030. While the final version of the document has not yet been released, the extensive draft outline provides a comprehensive overview of the country’s policy priorities and growth agenda up until the year 2030. Thankfully, Andrew Jones of SpaceNews reviewed the document for space-related implications.


– Excerpts from Andrew’s Article below, read entire piece Here.

  • “China has designated aerospace to be an ‘emerging pillar industry’”
  • “The report says China will ‘foster emerging pillar industries such as integrated circuits, aviation and aerospace, biomedicine and the low-altitude economy,’ placing aerospace alongside sectors considered central to the country’s long-term technological and industrial development.”
  • “The move suggests Beijing intends to expand the space sector beyond strategic stateprograms toward a larger industrial ecosystemencompassing launch services, satellites and downstream data applications.”
    • “The move suggests Beijing intends to expand the space sector beyond strategic state programs toward a larger industrial ecosystem encompassing launch services, satellites and downstream data applications.”
    • “This move appears to align with the recent emergence of the concept of “space+” in China, which envisions space treated less as a separate, standalone sector, and more as an enabling infrastructure to be integrated with other economic and strategic domains and national priorities.”
    • The Five-Year plan contains “A column on frontier technology breakthroughs, including the areas of AI, quantum science and biotechnology, includes a segment on China’s deep space ambitions. The passage identifies implementing a second phase of planetary exploration projects, near-earth asteroid defense projects and solar system edge exploration projects.”
    • “The section on deep space also notes objectives to develop reusable heavy-lift launch vehicles. This could refer to the Long March 10 series and larger Long March 9. The text also notes the construction of an international lunar research station (ILRS) and ‘implementation of lunar exploration projects.’”
    • “China will also comprehensively advance satellite internet, according to the draft, including the launch segment and satellite constellations. Plans include constructing what is termed an integrated sky-Earth-ground, communication-navigation-sensing-computing fused comprehensive service system.”
    • “It will also expand applications and internationalization of the Beidou navigation system, with the first new-generation Beidou satellites to launch around 2027.”
    • “A space white paper, published by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), typically follows later in the year after the approval of a new Five-year plan, which will provide a more detailed outline of China’s plans to the end of the decade and beyond.”