Chinese Industrial Policy

Chinese industrial policy is meant to promote the competitiveness of Chinese companies and sectors relative to their international counterparts. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, the Trustee Chair analyzes the effectiveness of these policies across a wide range of industries, and on that basis evaluates alternative policy responses by Washington and its allies and business strategies by the international business community.

Trustee Chair experts provide crucial research on critical topics around China’s state-led economy, with a goal to inform members of the policy community and business leaders on the latest developments and ongoing trends in Chinese industrial policy. Our publications foster informed conversations on Chinese industrial policy through contributions such as estimating and contextualizing the country’s industrial policy spending, assessing the value of China’s policy model for the United States, and examining key industries including China’s nascent domestic aviation manufacturing. Our policy experts offer in-depth looks at China’s five-year plans and their potential impact on the country’s growth and development.  

This project is made possible through generous support to CSIS.

China’s Stalled Aircraft Dreams

China may be on a path to becoming a high-tech superpower in many sectors, but commercial aircraft is not one of them. As a result of China’s frustrations, the United States remains far ahead of China, and the gap is not closing.

Photo: /AFP via Getty Images

Photo: /AFP via Getty Images

Perfecting China Inc.

Examining the 13th Five-Year Plan and it's implications for the future of Chinese business and economics.

Perfecting China, Inc.

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Tech Edge: A Living Playbook for America’s Technology Long Game

Winning the tech race is not about any single breakthrough. Leadership requires competing across the full menu of technologies, developing the dexterity to build at speed and scale, and defending our domestic markets from nonmarket competition.

Report by CSIS Scholars — January 20, 2026

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Tech Edge: A Living Playbook for America’s Technology Long Game

Winning the tech race is not about any single breakthrough. Leadership requires competing across the full menu of technologies, developing the dexterity to build at speed and scale, and defending our domestic markets from nonmarket competition.

Report by CSIS Scholars — January 20, 2026

Does Chinese Industrial Policy Work?: A Big Data China Event

Ilaria Mazzocco hosts a virtual discussion on a new Big Data China feature that reviews recent literature evaluating the successes and failures of industrial policy in China and the conditions that shaped policy outcomes.

Event — November 19, 2024

Wins and Losses: Chinese Industrial Policy’s Uneven Success

Ilaria Mazzocco and Ryan Featherston explain the development of industrial policy in China and summarize academic research that clarifies where industrial policy succeeded and where it failed. The report considers the implications for the United States and others.

Commentary by Ilaria Mazzocco and Ryan Featherston — November 19, 2024

China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy

Taiwan’s Semiconductor Success: Industry Expert Jack Chang

Jack Chang, who recently retired after a long career with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), based in Taiwan, discusses the origins and development of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry’s success, global supply chain resilience, and the future of advanced semiconductor technology amid increasing U.S.-China technology competition.

Podcast Episode by Scott Kennedy — July 11, 2024

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China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy

Investing in Innovation: Primavera Capital’s Veronica Li

Veronica Li of Primavera Capital Group joins to discuss her pathway to a career in finance and how Primavera weighs U.S.-China competition, China’s economy, and entrepreneurial innovation in China.

Podcast Episode by Scott Kennedy — May 29, 2024

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Legacy Chip Overcapacity in China: Myth and Reality

Paul Triolo writes that as policymakers consider the issue of Chinese mature-node semiconductor production and the potential for overcapacity, they must understand the complexities of Chinese companies' position in the global market structure and domestic value chains. 

Blog Post by Paul Triolo — April 30, 2024