China's 14 Five-Year Plans in Numbers

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1953

1957

1st Five-Year Plan

1986

VII

1990

7th Five-Year Plan

1991

VIII

1995

8th Five-Year Plan

1996

2000

9th Five-Year Plan

2001

2005

10th Five-Year Plan

2006

2010

11th Five-Year Plan

2011

XII

2015

12th Five-Year Plan

2016

XIII

2020

13th Five-Year Plan

2021

XIV

2025

14th Five-Year Plan

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China's 14th Five-Year Plan is in its final year, making 2025 a crucial moment to assess the nation's progress. CGTN presents this interactive webpage, which condenses insights from 109,000 words of official reports and distills 119 key data points across five major areas: economy, innovation, people's livelihoods, ecology, and security, tracking the progress of 20 core indicators.

This page highlights targets already exceeded ahead of schedule, from urbanization and patents to healthcare, forestry, water quality, food, and energy security. Explore China's transformation through data-driven insights.

Steady growth with rising urbanization

China's economy is expected to remain stable in 2025, the final year of China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025). Read more.

GDP growth rate (%)

Green transition progresses

Green transition progress over the past years has spanned multiple areas.

Forest coverage (%)

24.02%

25.00%

23.04%

China's Five-Year Plan (FYP) is one of the country's most important policy blueprints. Drawn up since 1953, it sets medium-term goals for China's social and economic development and is the barometer against which progress is measured.

Starting from the 7th FYP (1986-1990), every FYP projected an average annual GDP growth rate. The 14th Five-Year Plan states that the annual GDP growth target should be "maintained within a reasonable range and adjusted based on annual conditions." This flexible and adaptive approach aligns with the current domestic and global economic landscape and development stage.

China's industry growth rate was in a downward trend when the 14th FYP first proposed taking action to "ensure that the share of manufacturing in the economy remains stable" and accelerate the construction of manufacturing power, quality power and a digital China.

Agriculture remains vital to China's economy

China is the world's largest grain producer, producing a fourth of the world's grains. Since 2004, China's "No. 1 central document" has focused on the "three rural issues" – agriculture, rural areas and rural people.