Beijing has pledged to make “notable progress in pursuing high-quality development” and “substantially improve” its capacity for technological self-reliance and innovation in the next five years, as the fourth plenum of the Communist Party’s Central Committee – where the country’s political leadership deliberated on the next five-year plan – came to a close.
China will make new breakthroughs in “further deepening reforms across the board” while continuing to improve people’s living standards,…