VOA Mandarin: 10 years on, what happened to Beijing’s ‘Made in China 2025’ policy? 

 

FILE – An industrial robot is displayed with car during the China Auto 2018 show in Beijing, China, April 26, 2018. Under President Xi Jinping, a program known as "Made in China 2025" aims to make the country a tech superpower.

Ten years after Bejing launched an ambitious effort called “Made in China 2025” to accelerate the country’s high-tech industries, VOA Mandarin speaks with experts about how the effort fared.

Launched in 2015, "Made in China 2025" is an umbrella policy by the Chinese government to reduce reliance on foreign technology and help domestic companies to lead globally in high-tech industries like semiconductors, electric vehicles and renewable energy.

China downplayed "MIC 2025" in recent years, partly because of resistance from the U.S. and Western countries. But experts say as geopolitical tensions rise, including the return of Donald Trump, the legacy of this initiative remains central to U.S.-China competition for global economic and technological supremacy.

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By:VOA