China's Five-Year Plan Is a Procurement Roadmap — Read It That Way China's 15th Five-Year Plan is not just a policy document — it is a 141-page, state-backed technology investment thesis covering AI, quantum, robotics, 6G, and brain-machine interfaces across 109 major projects. As leaked EU drafts suggest Europe is quietly de-prioritising the same technology categories, European founders and investors face a pointed strategic choice: treat China's plan as a threat report, or read it as the most detailed demand signal in global deep tech. ## What happened in China China's National People's Congress convened in Beijing in early March 2026 to review the draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan, covering the period 2026–2030. According to Ambassador Xie Feng's remarks on March 13, 2026, the plan was adopted as the most important outcome of the 2026 'two sessions' — the annual gathering that sets China's political and economic…