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
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.
