{"slug": "how-the-guest-list-for-beijings-summer-retreat-reveals-its-tech-priorities", "title": "How the guest list for Beijing’s summer retreat reveals its tech priorities", "summary": "China's Communist Party Central Committee and State Council invited 60 experts to the Beidaihe summer retreat from August 1 to 7, with 15 named participants spanning defence engineering, semiconductors, deep-sea equipment, artificial intelligence, and other fields, according to state news agency Xinhua. The guest list signals Beijing's focus on innovation and breaking through technological 'chokepoints' amid intensifying scientific competition with the US, aligning with the 'self-reliance and strength in science and technology' objective in China's 15th five-year plan through 2030.", "body_md": "# How the guest list for Beijing’s summer retreat reveals its tech priorities\n\nExperts in chips, defence, and deep-sea drilling gathered as China’s scientific competition with the US intensifies\n\n[Yuanyue Dang](/author/yuanyue-dang)in Beijing\n\n[annual summer retreat](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3362838/chinas-political-and-scientific-elite-head-beidaihe-summer-retreat-season?module=inline&pgtype=article), highlighting how the country is focusing on\n\n[innovation](https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation?module=inline&pgtype=article)and breaking through “chokepoints” amid fierce competition with the US.\n\nAccording to state news agency Xinhua, the Communist Party’s Central Committee and the State Council, China’s cabinet, invited 60 experts to the seaside resort of Beidaihe from August 1 to 7.\n\n[five-year plan](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3345767/inside-chinas-15th-5-year-plan-ai-fusion-and-defence-drive-next-frontier?module=inline&pgtype=article).\n\nWhile Xinhua did not publish the full guest list, it named 15 participants.\n\nThey covered defence engineering, semiconductors, deep-sea equipment, artificial intelligence, particle astrophysics, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, the digital economy and more.\n\nThe selection suggests that Beijing is seeking to combine long-term basic research with efforts to address immediate technological and developmental needs. “Self-reliance and strength in science and technology” has been designated as a major objective in China’s 15th five-year plan, which runs through 2030.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-the-guest-list-for-beijings-summer-retreat-reveals-its-tech-priorities", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3363523/how-guest-list-beijings-summer-retreat-reveals-its-tech-priorities?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-08-10 08:43:40+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-10 08:45:53.830930+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Communist Party of China", "State Council", "Xinhua", "Beidaihe"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-the-guest-list-for-beijings-summer-retreat-reveals-its-tech-priorities", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-the-guest-list-for-beijings-summer-retreat-reveals-its-tech-priorities.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-the-guest-list-for-beijings-summer-retreat-reveals-its-tech-priorities.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-the-guest-list-for-beijings-summer-retreat-reveals-its-tech-priorities.jsonld"}}