CPC leadership sets out economic priorities for H2 of 2026

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee analyzed and studied the current economic situation and made arrangements for economic work in the second half (H2) of this year at a meeting held in Beijing on Thursday.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting, which also decided that the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee will be held in Beijing in October.

The meeting noted that since the beginning of this year, China's economy has shown a trend characterized by new growth drivers and improving economic structure.

It emphasized the need to attach great importance to the challenges in economic operations, maintain confidence, meet difficulties head-on, and make good use of various opportunities and advantages to promote steady and sustained high-quality development.