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The State Council’s education plan for 2026 to 2030 expands undergraduate enrolment at China’s Double First-Class universities toward populous and central and western provinces and calls for extraordinary measures to reform the undergraduate curriculum.

This NDRC measure makes the new energy 15th five-year plan's targets operational by assigning each province a binding renewable electricity consumption quota and each priority industry a minimum renewable consumption share.

Issued by the NDRC and National Energy Administration, China's new energy system plan sets a 2030 target of 58 billion tons of standard coal equivalent in energy production capacity, with non-fossil sources reaching 25% of consumption and over 50% of installed renewable power capacity.

Issued by the State Council, the environmental plan for 2026 to 2030 sets new national PM2.5 goals by 2035, expands the national carbon market to more industries, and pilots a new environmental protection tax for certain chemical emissions.

MOFCOM, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, China Railway, and other agencies issued measures to promote railway-tourism integration and expand service consumption. The policy covers tourism-oriented station upgrades, tourist train retrofits, new rail-tourism products, improved ticketing and data services, themed travel routes, and financial/policy support. It also sets a target of more than 160 ...

MOFCOM confirmed duty-rate succession under China’s existing anti-dumping measures on imported copolymer POM from South Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia. Daicel HPP Malaysia inherits Polyplastics Asia Pacific’s 8.0% anti-dumping duty rate, while Kolon Industries inherits Kolon ENP’s 6.2% rate. Exports made under the old company names will instead face the higher “other company” duty rates.

MOFCOM and 4 other agencies adjusted China’s export-control catalogue for exports of certain precursor chemicals to specific countries/regions. The notice adds 3 more controlled varieties and requires licensing for exports of listed items to certain destination countries.

Issued May 26, China’s State Council has released a five-year plan targeting basic agricultural modernization by 2030, covering grain security, seed self-sufficiency, AI farming, new-energy machinery and crop protection in an autarky context as insurance against maritime blockades.

Issued May 25, China’s State Council’s opinion sets out its intent to gradually decouple education, healthcare, and social insurance from hukou registration.

Issued May 22, China's State Council has released the country's first dedicated five-year plan for urban renewal (not construction or demolition), targeting 500,000 housing units and aiming for more than 95% residential digital coverage by 2030.