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Saturday, September 12, 2026

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China Targets 70% Clean Car Sales and Autonomous Fleets by 2030

Nine ministries unveiled a sweeping 15th Five-Year Plan targeting a 70% new energy vehicle share in domestic passenger car sales by 2030, alongside widespread deployment of highly autonomous driving. The blueprint seeks to consolidate global market leadership while addressing manufacturing overcapacity and lowering ownership costs.

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The critical Xinjiang transit hub has delivered more than 600 billion cubic meters of natural gas since 2009, blending Central Asian pipeline imports with domestic synthetic gas to supply 500 million residents across 27 regions. As Asia's largest compressor station, recent upgrades in laser leak detection and automated diagnostics bolster Beijing's long-term energy security corridor.

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The People's Liberation Army and Armed Police have launched an institutional drive targeting formalism and linking commander appraisals directly to realistic war preparation. The campaign reinforces strict adherence to the CMC Chairman Responsibility System, ensuring political loyalty directly governs promotions and operational doctrine.

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The Ministry of Natural Resources confirmed a fifth consecutive year of mining and exploration investment growth, identifying 200 new deposits in 2025 including lithium, manganese, and gold. Rising domestic production across coal, oil, and gas underscores Beijing's push to insulate essential industrial supply chains from external vulnerabilities.

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China's market regulators highlighted major intellectual property enforcement actions, including dismantling a 50-million-yuan counterfeit ring that leveraged cloud-based remote data destruction to evade detection. The joint showcase with the World Intellectual Property Organization underscores tightened cross-border cooperation and enhanced coordination between administrative and criminal authorities.

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Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong hosted East African security chiefs in Lianyungang to coordinate crackdowns on transnational telecom fraud, kidnapping, and counterterrorism. The ministerial dialogue advances Beijing's Global Security Initiative commitments while expanding protections for overseas Chinese personnel and commercial assets.


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Editor's Note
From ambitious 2030 autonomous and clean vehicle mandates to surging critical mineral discoveries, Beijing is systematically fortifying industrial competitiveness and strategic resource security while tightening ideological and political alignment across state and military institutions.
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