Storyline: China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) is poised to steer the country toward high-quality growth, foster a more welcoming environment for foreign investment, and offer much-needed stability in an increasingly uncertain global environment, according to Professor Jaya Josie from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. The fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which concluded in Beijing in October, adopted the Recommendations of the CPC Central Committee for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development. Professor Josie, who has long studied China's Five-Year Plans, highlighted several pivotal shifts in the new plan during an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN). "One of the most important aspects of the 15th plan is moving China to greater industrial policy issues, greater industrialization. China has moved away from accelerated fast-growth industries to a more moderate, but more sustained modernization of these traditional industries. And one of the key priorities is getting China's thinking about technological self-reliance. Whereas in the past, China had to borrow much of the technology from other countries, but now they are looking at boosting their technological self-reliance, but also improving domestic consumption," said Josie. He also emphasized the plan's commitment to strengthening social services, noting that these investments are not merely welfare measures, but foundational pillars for broad-based, inclusive economic and social progress. He further highlighted China's pledge to create a significantly improved business environment for foreign investors in the new plan. "The Five-Year Plan, I think, will take China towards a high-quality growth, whereas in the past, it was high-quantity growth. And you're creating a better environment for foreign investment to come into the country. China, in its plan, is thinking about creating a transparent business environment for everybody, and to introduce some level of certainty in a world where there's uncertainty, where it's unpredictable, it's uncertain. So, China wants to provide some level of certainty in this regard. And this level of certainty will bring stability," said the professor. Shotlist: FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown: 1. Aerial shot of cityscape 2. Various of equipment, technicians Cape Town, South Africa - Recent: 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaya Josie, professor, University of the Western Cape(starting with shot 2/partially overlaid with shots 4-5): "One of the most important aspects of the 15th plan is moving China to greater industrial policy issues, greater industrialization. China has moved away from accelerated fast-growth industries to a more moderate, but more sustained modernization of these traditional industries. And one of the key priorities is getting China's thinking about technological self-reliance. Whereas in the past, China had to borrow much of the technology from other countries, but now they are looking at boosting their technological self-reliance, but also improving domestic consumption." [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown: 4. Various of laptop production line 5. Various of chips being produced [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Date Unknown: 6. Various of customers at shopping mall, in beverage shop Cape Town, South Africa - Recent: 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaya Josie, professor, University of the Western Cape (partially overlaid with shots 8-10): "The Five-Year Plan, I think, will take China towards a high-quality growth, whereas in the past, it was high-quantity growth. And you're creating a better environment for foreign investment to come into the country. China, in its plan, is thinking about creating a transparent business environment for everybody, and to introduce some level of certainty in a world where there's uncertainty, where it's unpredictable, it's uncertain. So, China wants to provide some level of certainty in this regard. And this level of certainty will bring stability." [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, east China - June 2025: 8. Various of foreign manager working with employees in factory FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown: 9. Various of Otis production line FILE: Tianjin Municipality, north China - Date Unknown: 10. Various of Airbus assembly line in operation [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province,east China - Date Unknown: 11. Aerial shots of port, containers, trucks [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]