Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission: Over the next five years, the city's R&D investment intensity will remain above 6%.

On March 25, 2026, the Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference opened in Beijing. At the “2026 Investment Beijing Conference” held that day, Lin Jianhua, Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, introduced that in the next five years, Beijing will add more than one trillion in economic output.

At the conference, Lin Jianhua presented some key indicators for the “14th Five-Year Plan” period: First, GDP, the average annual growth rate target for Beijing’s GDP during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period is 4.5% to 5%, while also striving for better results. This means that in the next five years, Beijing will add more than one trillion in economic output. To support this goal, we will maintain an average annual investment intensity of one trillion. Second, technological innovation, in the next five years, the city’s R&D investment intensity will remain above 6%, and the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people will increase from 181 at the end of the “13th Five-Year Plan” to around 240. Third, urban quality. We grasp the phased characteristics of the “14th Five-Year Plan,” adding indicators that reflect urban quality of life, such as the proportion of nursing beds in elderly care institutions increasing from 68% to 73%, and the enrollment rate of infants under three years old will increase by about 15 percentage points. The city’s greenery rate will rise from 23.2% to 24.2%, and the population and job coverage rate within 500 meters of subway stations will increase from 23.86% to 25.7%.

(Edited by: Wenjing)

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