Industrial Policy and Technology

Research and Insights

Show commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing

Reverse Deng? For professionals only

Yanmei Xie

Comment

Dec 10, 2025

Towards a conditioning of Chinese greenfield investments in the EU

Andreas Mischer

Comment

Dec 10, 2025

A drone photo taken on Feb. 18, 2025 shows Hainan's commercial underwater intelligent computing cluster being lowered into the sea near Lingshui Li Autonomous County in south China's Hainan Province

China is commercializing energy-efficient underwater data centers

Altynay Junusova

Comment

Dec 04, 2025

A radiologist at Shaoxing Central Hospital performs rapid and accurate diagnosis with the help of an AI image analysis system in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, China.

Fusion of AI and healthcare shows China is bullish about an “intelligent” society

Rebecca Arcesati

Comment

Dec 04, 2025

Domestic substitution in AI chips: China’s big gamble

Wendy Chang

Comment

Dec 04, 2025

A drone photo shows wind turbine blades at the Mingyang New Energy Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 29, 2025.

Knocking on the door: Ming Yang sets its sights on European expansion

Alexander Brown

Comment

Dec 04, 2025

Workers stepped up the production of chips for orders at home and abroad

Xi’an’s Eswin Material Technology IPO will fund chip wafer plant

Altynay Junusova

Comment

Dec 04, 2025

People travel by subway at Zhichun Road Subway Station in Beijing, China on September 17, 2025.

China’s new Web ID tightens government’s grip on online activity

Wendy Chang

Altynay Junusova

Comment

Dec 02, 2025

Swimmers participate in the Victoria Harbour Race in Victoria Harbor on November 22, 2025 in Hong Kong

MERICS China Forecast 2026: High expectations for Chinese innovation, low expectations for relations with US and EU

Claus Soong

Niklas Hintermayer

Comment

Nov 26, 2025

A worker is producing wind turbine towers in a workshop of a wind power equipment enterprise in Lianyungang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, China

New industry workplans + "Made in China" + Energy storage

Andreas Mischer

Alexander Brown

Esther Goreichy

MERICS China Industries

Nov 20, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, attends a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025.

Trump-Xi trade truce gives Europe one last chance to finally de-risk from China

Antonia Hmaidi

Comment

Nov 07, 2025

Unitree Robotics and Tiangong humanoid robots compete in the 100m final at the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China August 17, 2025

For China, "involution" is a blessing as well as a curse

Yanmei Xie

Comment

Nov 05, 2025

Interior of the SKYWORTH Y with a view of the large flat screen on the dashboard

Europe’s vehicle-data gap: How under-regulation gives Chinese carmakers an edge

Wendy Chang

Comment

Oct 29, 2025

Experts on Industrial Policy and Technology

Rebecca Arcesati

Lead Analyst

Technology; digital policy; artificial intelligence

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Head of Program

Strategic emerging industries; Research collaboration; Tech transfer

Alexander Brown

Senior Analyst

Industrial policy; foreign economic policy

Jacob Gunter

Head of Program

China's political economy; Industrial policy; Innovation

Andreas Mischer

Analyst

Foreign investment; industrial policy and Chinese automotive industry

Antonia Hmaidi

Senior Analyst

Geopolitics of technology; semiconductors; data science; hacking

Wendy Chang

Senior Analyst

China's tech companies, digital ecosystem and emerging technologies including AI

Altynay Junusova

Analyst

Space technology; quantum; critical minerals; dual-use technology

Events

MERICS Members Day 2023

Oct. 10, 2023

Berlin

Members only

MERICS Roundtable: AI Entanglements - Assessing the Tradeoffs of European-Chinese Collaboration

Sep. 27, 2023

Berlin

Industrial Policy and Technology

Reverse Deng? For professionals only

Towards a conditioning of Chinese greenfield investments in the EU

China is commercializing energy-efficient underwater data centers

Fusion of AI and healthcare shows China is bullish about an “intelligent” society

Domestic substitution in AI chips: China’s big gamble

Knocking on the door: Ming Yang sets its sights on European expansion

Xi’an’s Eswin Material Technology IPO will fund chip wafer plant

China’s new Web ID tightens government’s grip on online activity

MERICS China Forecast 2026: High expectations for Chinese innovation, low expectations for relations with US and EU

New industry workplans + "Made in China" + Energy storage

Trump-Xi trade truce gives Europe one last chance to finally de-risk from China

For China, "involution" is a blessing as well as a curse

Europe’s vehicle-data gap: How under-regulation gives Chinese carmakers an edge

Rebecca Arcesati

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Alexander Brown

Jacob Gunter

Andreas Mischer

Antonia Hmaidi

Wendy Chang

Altynay Junusova

MERICS Members Day 2023

MERICS Roundtable: AI Entanglements - Assessing the Tradeoffs of European-Chinese Collaboration

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New industry workplans + "Made in China" + Energy storage