China issues 2026-2030 publishing plan targeting high-quality development and digital integration
China’s National Press and Publication Administration issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for the publishing industry, covering 2026-2030. The plan sets a 2030 goal for significant high-quality development, emphasizing digital transformation, nationwide reading, international outreach, and talent cultivation. It outlines eight key tasks and 33 major projects across the publishing chain, including encouraging newspaper groups to invest in internet and technology companies.
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China's Press and Publication Administration Urges Newspaper Groups to Invest in Tech Firms
On September 21, China's National Press and Publication Administration released the '15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Publishing Industry,' outlining a systemic transformation of the newspaper sector. The plan sets a target for 2030 to establish a group of competitive new mainstream media outlets with diverse formats and advanced means. It emphasizes a full-media digital intelligence transformation, building a resource-efficient, structurally sound, and collaborative communication system. The administration calls for an internet mindset, enhanced user awareness, and high-quality content supply. Key measures include encouraging business collaboration and cross-sector innovation, deploying high-quality language databases, and expanding 'news + culture, government affairs, services' functions. Notably, it encourages financially capable newspaper groups to hold controlling or participating stakes in internet and technology companies to promote diversified development. The plan also includes projects to select annual innovation cases, host innovation conferences, and improve quality management and influence of newspaper publications, columns, and new media accounts in the mobile internet era.
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On September 21, the National News Publication Administration of China issued the '15th Five-Year Plan for Publishing Industry Development,' outlining the overall requirements, goals, tasks, and safeguard measures for the 2026-2030 period. The plan sets a target for 2030, aiming for significant results in high-quality development of the publishing industry, with a more prominent role in stimulating cultural innovation and creativity and promoting cultural prosperity. Adhering to both goal-oriented and problem-oriented approaches, the plan focuses on eight key tasks: thematic publishing, expanding high-quality supply, deepening nationwide reading, accelerating deep integration of publishing, promoting systemic reform of the newspaper industry, driving innovation in printing and distribution, strengthening international communication of publishing, and building a high-level publishing talent team. It also lists 33 major projects across eight categories, covering the entire publishing chain from content production to reading promotion, industry upgrading, international communication, and talent development.
China's Press and Publication Administration Issues 15th Five-Year Plan for Publishing Industry
China's National Press and Publication Administration has issued the '15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Publishing Industry,' outlining the overall requirements, goals, tasks, and safeguard measures for the sector from 2026 to 2030. The plan sets a target for 2030, aiming for significant achievements in high-quality development and a more prominent role for the publishing industry in stimulating cultural innovation and prosperity. Adhering to both goal-oriented and problem-oriented approaches, the plan specifies eight key tasks: strengthening thematic publishing, expanding high-quality supply, deepening nationwide reading initiatives, accelerating deep integration of publishing and digital technology, promoting systemic reform of the newspaper industry, driving innovation in printing and distribution, enhancing international communication of Chinese publications, and building a high-level talent pool. To support these tasks, the plan includes eight special columns and 33 major engineering projects covering the entire publishing chain, from content production and reading promotion to industry upgrading, international outreach, and talent development.
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China's Press and Publication Administration Issues 15th Five-Year Plan for Publishing Industry Development
On September 21, the National Press and Publication Administration of China issued the '15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Publishing Industry,' outlining the overall requirements, goals, tasks, and safeguard measures for the 2025-2030 period. The plan sets a target for 2030, aiming for significant achievements in high-quality development of the publishing industry, with a more prominent role in stimulating cultural innovation and creativity and promoting cultural prosperity. The plan adopts a goal-oriented and problem-oriented approach, focusing on eight key areas: thematic publishing, expanding high-quality supply, deepening nationwide reading, accelerating deep integration of publishing and digital technology, promoting systemic reform of the newspaper industry, driving innovation in printing and distribution, strengthening international communication of publishing, and building a high-level talent team. It lists 33 major projects across eight special columns, covering the entire publishing chain from content production and reading promotion to industry upgrading, international communication, and talent development.
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The National Press and Publication Administration of China has issued the '15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Publishing Industry,' outlining the overall requirements, goals, tasks, and safeguard measures for the sector from 2026 to 2030. The plan, reported by People's Financial News on September 21, sets a target for the publishing industry to achieve significant results in high-quality development by 2030, enhancing its role in stimulating cultural innovation and prosperity. It adopts a dual focus on objectives and problem-solving, identifying eight key tasks: strengthening thematic publishing, expanding high-quality supply, deepening nationwide reading initiatives, accelerating deep integration of publishing and digital technology, promoting systemic reform of the newspaper industry, fostering innovation in printing and distribution, enhancing international communication of Chinese publications, and building a high-level talent pool. The plan includes eight special columns and 33 major engineering projects covering the entire publishing chain, from content production and reading promotion to industry upgrading, global outreach, and workforce development.
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