Beijing released its 141-page 15th Five-Year Plan on Thursday inside the Great Hall of the People, embedding artificial intelligence into every section of the country's economic blueprint for 2026 through 2030. The document mentioned AI more than 50 times and introduced a sweeping "AI+ action plan" covering manufacturing, logistics, education, and healthcare, Reuters reported. Li Qiang's government work report opened with technology. Not GDP. Not employment. Technology, or what Beijing has taken to calling "new quality productive forces." He read it to nearly 3,000 delegates packed into the National People's Congress, and the positioning tells you where the leadership's head is at.
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