China News Digest for October 29 - November 4, 2015
China Unveils Proposal for Formulating 13th Five-Year Plan

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has issued the full text of proposal for China's development over the next five years. The next five-year period was described as decisive for building a moderately prosperous society by 2020 in the proposal. The document analyzes the decisive stage and sets guidelines and targets for the next five years. It highlights innovation, coordination, green development, opening up and sharing.
 
Xinhuanet (English)
Xinhuanet (Chinese)

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China's 13th Five-Year Plan Offers Opportunities to World, says President Xi
Xinhuanet (English)

China's 13th Five-Year Plan to Benefit World - Overseas Experts
Xinhuanet (English)

China Seeks Balanced, Sustainable Growth in 2016-2020
Xinhuanet (English) 

China Pledges Wider Opening-Up in 2016-2020
Xinhuanet (English)

China Plans Strategic S&T Breakthroughs
Xinhuanet (English)
 
First China-Developed Large Passenger Jet C919 Rolls Off Line

The first China-developed large passenger jet, the C919, built by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC), has rolled off the production line today, which marks a breakthrough in the history of China's aviation industry and new level of China's high-end equipment manufacturing. The C919 aircraft will make its maiden flight next year and then begin test flights for about three years before putting into commercial use.

People's Daily (English)
MIIT (Chinese)

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Xi Calls for Careful Preparation for C919 Maiden Flight
Xinhuanet (English)

C919 is Totally Homegrown: Chief Designer
People's Daily (English)

Tianjin University Makes "Lung" for China's C919
People's Daily (English)

China to Set Up Civil Satellite Systems by 2020

China aims to finish building satellite systems for remote sensing, communications and navigation before 2020, a national plan showed Thursday. The three satellite systems should be able to provide continuous and stable service, according to the plan for long-term development of civil space infrastructure posted on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic planner.

People's Daily (English)

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China Launches New Communications Satellite
People's Daily (English)

China Plans to Launch Mars Probe in 2020
People's Daily (English)

China's First Moon Rover Sets Record for Longest Stay
Xinhuanet (English)

China Unveils Guideline on Reforming State-Owned Asset Management
People's Daily (English)

China and South Korea Signed a MOU to Promote Cooperation in Manufacturing
中韩签署合作备忘录共促制造业对接合作
MIIT (Chinese)

MIIT Released the "Guiding Catalogue on The First (Set) Major Technical Equipment Application (2015 Second Edition)"
工业和信息化部关于发布《首台（套）重大技术装备推广应用指导目录（
2015年第二版）》的通告
MIIT (Chinese

China Builds Asia's 1st Big Data Base for International Shipping
Xinhuanet (English)

Chinese Firms See Sharp Rise in Overseas Mergers and Acquisitions
People's Daily (English)

U.S. Tech Companies and their Chinese Partners with Military Ties
New York Times (English)

Five Years Later, Can Google Make It Right This Time?

China's Tsinghua UniGroup Taking $600 Million Stake in Taiwan Chip Firm Powertech
New York Times (English)

Tencent Plans $1 Billion Investment in Chinese Technology Startup

New Energy Vehicles to Account for 20 Percent Total Automobile Market demand by 2025: Report
People's Daily (English)

China to Purchase 130 Aircraft from Airbus
People's Daily (English)

New Nuclear Fusion Device Put Into Operation
People's Daily (English)
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