China will expand market access and open up more areas, particularly in the services sector, according to a Government Work Report submitted on Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
As the 2026 national Two Sessions unfolds, a key theme has stood out among lawmakers, experts, and industry leaders: how China can further open up its economy in a more systematic, predictable, and high-quality way.
Highlights of China’s major development targets for 2026-2030: -expects to keep its GDP growth within an appropriate range; -projects an annual average increase of at least 7 percent in nationwide R&D spending; -envisages a total reduction of 17 percent in carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP; -proposes raising the value added of core digital economy industries to 12.5 percent of GDP and life expectancy to 80 years.
Encircled by towering mountains, Abuluoha was once completely cut off from the outside world. But in 2020, it became the last administrative village in all of China to gain paved road access. Check this edition #decodingchina to find out how this once-isolated village illustrates the very essence of China's whole-process people's democracy.
