# Li Qiang
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Chasing 2035: Beijing Intensifies Self-Reliance Drive and Maritime Ambitions
Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council meeting focusing on achieving the 2035 tech powerhouse goal and expanding the maritime economy. The leadership emphasized self-reliance in core technologies and approved new procedures for administrative legislation to support high-quality development.
Beijing’s Tech Mandate: Li Qiang Signals Strategic Shift Toward Innovation and the Blue Economy
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has chaired a State Council meeting focusing on accelerating scientific innovation and the high-quality development of the marine economy. The session also approved revisions to administrative regulation procedures, aiming to align China's legal and governance frameworks with its long-term technological and strategic ambitions.
The Gulf’s Pivot East: Li Qiang and Abu Dhabi Chart a High-Tech Future
Premier Li Qiang’s talks with the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince underscore a deepening strategic shift from energy-centric trade to a partnership focused on high-tech sectors and long-term economic alignment. The meeting highlights how China and the UAE are integrating their national development plans to navigate a multipolar global landscape.
Li Qiang’s Fifth-Year Blueprint: Fiscal Firepower, Tech Push and a Focus on Domestic Demand
Premier Li Qiang’s government work report for 2026 balances modest growth targets with an expanded fiscal programme, a reinforced industrial-technology push and stronger social supports. The plan emphasizes domestic demand, strategic R&D investment, and risk-managed stabilisation of property and local-government debts while reaffirming Beijing’s assertive foreign-policy and security posture.
Beijing Ties Housing Support to Family Policy — Newlyweds and New Parents Prioritised in 2026 Plan
Beijing’s 2026 government work report links housing stabilisation to family policy by pledging targeted housing guarantees for newly married and newly childbearing households and continued support for multi‑child families. The plan combines supply reforms, activation of unsold inventory, provident‑fund changes and stronger delivery guarantees to shore up demand and align housing policy with demographic objectives.
China’s 2026 Roadmap: Modest Fiscal Boost, Big Bets on Tech and Green Transition
Premier Li Qiang’s brief government work report for 2026 opts for a calibrated fiscal stance—around a 4% deficit and targeted bond-financed projects—while doubling down on technology, a green transition and modest social measures to stabilise growth. The plan emphasises industrial upgrading and carbon-intensity cuts rather than broad stimulus or sweeping market liberalisation.
Beijing Sets Modest Growth Target, Boosts Long-Term Bonds and AI Push in Li Qiang’s Government Work Report
Premier Li Qiang set a 2026 GDP target of 4.5–5 percent and outlined expanded fiscal support including a c.5.89 trillion yuan deficit and 1.3 trillion yuan of ultra-long special bonds. The government paired modest growth ambitions with a five-year plan emphasising AI, infrastructure, carbon-intensity cuts and tighter market governance.
Beijing Sets Modest Growth Target, Big Fiscal Push and Tech-Centered Industrial Strategy in 2026 Work Report
China’s 2026 government work report sets a pragmatic growth target of 4.5–5%, pairs higher fiscal spending and large bond issuances with targeted social measures, and doubles down on industrial policy for semiconductors, aerospace and future technologies. The emphasis is on structural stability, controlled fiscal expansion and selective opening rather than an aggressive growth push.
Shanghai Bets on AI: Tencent Executive Says the City Has ‘All‑Round’ Advantages for an AI Boom
Tencent vice‑president and Shanghai political adviser Li Qiang says the city has comprehensive advantages in AI — spanning chips, compute, data and talent — and is a welcoming place for AI startups and professionals. Shanghai’s mix of universities, capital markets and corporate R&D positions it to translate research into commercial AI products, even as chip supply constraints and regulatory issues temper prospects.