China’s ruling Communist Party has said it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology, after a four-day meeting that approved a draft of the party’s next five-year development plan .

China faces “profound and complex” changes and rising uncertainty, an announcement issued on state media said on Thursday. It added that it would strive for “rapid economic development” and “consolidating national security”.

It also promised more efforts to expand domestic demand and improve people’s livelihoods, without providing details on how it intends to curb China’s overreliance on exports.

The communique did not directly mention the trade war with United States President Donald Trump, but the move comes as the US imposes increasingly tight controls on China’s access to semi

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