China’s 5-Year Plan Undermined by Overcapacity, Trade War: Analysts

Beijing outlines its next five-year economic plan amid intensifying conflict with Washington and growing labor unrest.
China’s 5-Year Plan Undermined by Overcapacity, Trade War: Analysts
A worker monitors a high-end silk production line at the Anhui Jingjiu Silk Company in Fuyang, east China's Anhui province, on Oct. 20, 2025. -STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Beijing’s freshly-released economic goals fail to tackle critical structural issues like overcapacity and escalating U.S. trade disputes that jeopardize China’s economic stability and future growth, according to analysts.

China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) wrapped up its fourth plenum, a major annual policy meeting, on Oct. 23 following four days of discussions, with state-run news agency Xinhua promptly hailing the “major development achievements” of the concluding five-year period.

Jarvis Lim
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Jarvis Lim is a Taiwan-based writer focusing on human rights, U.S.–China relations, China's economic and political influence in Southeast Asia, and cross-strait relations.