China’s 14th Five-Year Plans Map Out Emerging & Future Industries Across All Provinces

Beijing, 10 June 2026 — All 31 Chinese provinces have now released their 14th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) outlines, setting clear targets for industrial upgrading and tech-driven growth. According to China Securities Journal, the five-year period will see regions build new pillar industries based on local strengths, while advancing forward-looking sectors such as quantum technology, hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion.

Expanding Emerging Industrial Pillars

National development authorities have identified six core emerging industries: integrated circuits, aerospace, biomedicine, low-altitude economy, new energy storage and intelligent robotics. These sectors feature prominently in provincial plans, with many targeting hundred-billion or trillion-yuan industrial clusters.

Guangdong aims to scale up new energy, advanced materials, smart connected vehicles, intelligent robotics, medical devices, aerospace, integrated circuits, low-altitude economy and biomanufacturing, building multiple trillion-yuan industrial clusters. Shandong prioritises artificial intelligence, biomedicine, new energy vehicles, aerospace and low-altitude economy as key growth areas.

The output value of the six national emerging industries approached 6 trillion yuan in 2025 and is projected to double to over 10 trillion yuan by 2030. Regions are tailoring strategies to local advantages: Hubei focuses on optoelectronics to build a “World Optics Valley”; Gansu develops commercial spaceports under a “West Rockets, East Satellites” framework.

Regional patterns show eastern provinces building global innovation hubs, central provinces advancing advanced manufacturing and electronics, and western provinces leveraging energy and ecological resources for strategic industrial growth.

Forward-Looking Future Industries

Future industries—driven by cutting-edge technologies and in early commercial stages—are central to provincial strategies. Key areas include quantum technology, hydrogen and nuclear fusion, brain-computer interfaces, embodied AI and 6G communications.

Anhui prioritises quantum computing and nuclear fusion engineering, targeting advances in superconducting magnets and vacuum systems. Fujian focuses on next-generation battery technologies to maintain global leadership. Experts emphasise coordinated, differentiated development: coastal innovation clusters lead breakthroughs, while central and western regions develop specialised niche sectors.

Stronger Policy Support Mechanisms

Provinces are rolling out comprehensive support measures. Many plan future industry pilot zones: Jiangsu builds national and provincial-level systems; Zhejiang targets 60 pilot zones by 2030.

Venture capital development is accelerating. Beijing will leverage national guidance funds, attract central enterprise investment and improve exit channels for tech firms. Financial reforms include fiscal “grants-to-equity” shifts and risk-sharing frameworks to channel long-term capital into early-stage innovation.

Large-scale application pilots are expanding. Shandong will create 30 national-level demonstration scenarios and 200 benchmark use cases. Hunan encourages state-owned enterprises to open industrial chains for technology validation.

Across the 14th Five-Year period, coordinated industrial policies, tech innovation and capital support will strengthen China’s advanced manufacturing and future industry ecosystems, driving high-quality economic development.