Xi’s 2026 New Year Address: End-of-Plan Confidence, AI-Chip Priorities, and a New Global Governance Push
Xi Jinping’s 2026 New Year message frames 2025 as a successful close to the 14th Five-Year Plan, highlighting GDP expectations, technology-led upgrading, and social policy adjustments for platform-era labor. It also introduces a “Global Governance Initiative,” signaling continued ambition to shape international norms amid heightened global turbulence.