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The episode discusses the implications of China's new Five-Year Plan on climate and clean technology, featuring insights from experts.

China is the world's largest emitter and dominates global production of green technology. A few days ago, the National People's Congress approved the country's 15th Five-Year Plan, China's main economic and policy blueprint for the period 2026–2030. What does the new plan say about China's climate and clean tech ambitions? And what does it reveal about China's broader geopolitical and foreign policy goals? To discuss this, Anna is joined by James Kynge (Senior Research Fellow for China in the World at Chatham House's Asia-Pacific Programme) and Lauri Myllyvirta (Lead Analyst at and Co-founder of the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, CREA). Want to learn more? Please see: The expert comment 'China's Five Year Plan commits to economic resilience – as the Iran war exposes the fragility of global supply', by Dr Yu Jie (Senior Research Fellow on China, Chatham House). Available here . The article 'China's 5-Year-Plan: Latest draft shows emission targets out, clean energy targets in', by Bernice Lee (Distinguished Fellow, Chatham House). Available here. The article 'Can the West recover from China's hi-tech knockout blow?', by James Kynge (Senior Research Fellow for China in…

People in this episode

Host: Anna

Guests: James Kynge, Lauri Myllyvirta

Topics covered

• China's Five-Year Plan
• climate change
• clean technology
• geopolitics
• foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chatham House, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, CREA

Books & works: China's Five Year Plan commits to economic resilience – as the Iran war exposes the fragility of global supply, China's 5-Year-Plan: Latest draft shows emission targets out, clean energy targets in, Can the West recover from China's hi-tech knockout blow?

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