Over the past two months or so, the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), which represents China's blueprint for the economic and social development in the next five years, has become a key phrase frequently mentioned during diplomatic occasions when President Xi Jinping has engaged with foreign leaders.
One week after the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which adopted the recommendations for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan, Xi kicked off his overseas trip on Oct 30 to the Republic of Korea, where he attended the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting and held an array of meetings with foreign leaders.
Using the multilateral and bilateral meetings, Xi briefed world leaders about China's development plan in the upcoming years, and assured them that the nation will further deepen reform on all fronts and expand high-standard opening-up.
He sent a message to the world that the 15th Five-Year Plan, which will steer
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