On October 24, 2025, the Chinese Embassy in the United States and China Media Group (CMG) co-hosted the “Innovation, Openness, Shared Development” Global Dialogue U.S. Session. Ambassador Xie Feng attended the occasion and delivered a keynote speech, sharing with U.S. representatives from numerous communities important takeaways from the just-concluded Fourth Plenary Session of the twentieth CPC Central Committee and the Recommendations for Formulating the fifteenth Five-Year Plan adopted after deliberation.
Ambassador Xie stated that the subsequent 5 years will see China innovating at a sooner tempo. Innovation is the main driving drive behind growth. In current years, China has made nice headway in scientific and technological innovation. In many areas, we’ve got shifted from amount to high quality, moved as much as mid- and high-end applied sciences, and transited from a late-comer to a pacesetter. Breakthroughs have been achieved in rising industries together with AI, 5G telecommunications, new power and biomedicine, and China’s rating in the Global Innovation Index has risen from thirty fourth in 2012 to tenth in 2025.
Ambassador Xie stated that in the subsequent 5 years, we’ll seize the historic alternative offered by the new spherical of technological revolution and industrial transformation, to spice up China’s power in schooling, science and expertise, and human assets in a well-coordinated method. We will improve the total efficiency of our innovation system, increase our innovation capability throughout the board, try to take a number one place in scientific and technological growth, and preserve fostering new high quality productive forces. We will promote advances in authentic innovation and breakthroughs in core applied sciences in key fields, facilitate full integration between technological and industrial innovation, pursue built-in growth of schooling, science and expertise and expertise, and advance the Digital China Initiative.
Ambassador Xie stated that neither “small yard, high fence” nor decoupling and supply chains disruption would stop China from moving ahead. While striving for better self-reliance and power in science and expertise, China may also make better contributions to technological exchanges, cooperation and progress of humanity.
