Editor's Note: China's economy is showing resilience as innovation and consumption reshape its next stage of growth. So what's driving China's economy in 2026, and what could it mean for the rest of the world? Wang Guan sits down with Han Hua of the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, John Gong of the University of International Business and Economics, and Andy Mok, author of The Innovation Machine, to discuss China's economic performance, new quality productive forces, frontier technologies, the 15th Five-Year Plan, and the rise of "China travel" and "China Cool."