Industrial Policy and Technology

Research and Insights

US-China

China in 26: Energy security + overcapacity + US-China relations

Podcast

Mar 27, 2026

How China uses civil research for its military, with Sarah Kirchberger and Antonia Hmaidi

Podcast

Mar 18, 2026

A humanoid robot from "Walker" series of UBTECH conducts sorting work at the Beijng World of Robots in Beijing

UBTech: Humanoid robots for the future of manufacturing

Altynay Junusova

Comment

Mar 04, 2026

Visitors visit Astrazeneca's stand at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai

AstraZeneca’s R&D bet makes China a pharma innovation hub

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Comment

Mar 04, 2026

View of the office building of the Nvidia research center is in Pudong, Shanghai

In taking H200 chips, Beijing balances self-reliance goals with AI growth

Wendy Chang

Comment

Mar 04, 2026

People view a model of the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST)

Science funding call provides insight into China’s AI priorities

Rebecca Arcesati

Comment

Mar 04, 2026

A general view shows a handshake between a human and a humanoid robot at the Shanghai New Expo Center during the opening day of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2025 in Shanghai, China, on July 26, 2025.

China’s next five-year bet on AI: Self-reliance, diffusion, and a lot of hype

Rebecca Arcesati

Comment

Feb 26, 2026

A Chinese consumer is shopping for spring couplets at a supermarket in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, China on January 9, 2026

China’s new Five-Year Plan will embrace industry – and once again give consumers the cold shoulder

Alexander Brown

Comment

Feb 26, 2026

The dual screen smart cockpit of the Li Auto i8 family six seater pure electric SUV at the China New Energy Vehicle Autumn Auto Show in Shanghai, China on September 6, 2025.

Digitalization of China’s auto industry + Concentrated solar power + Innovation points system

Andreas Mischer

Alexander Brown

Esther Goreichy

MERICS China Industries

Feb 19, 2026

China launched a Long March 8A carrier rocket, sending a new group of internet satellites into space in Wenchang City, southernmost China's Hainan Province, 13 January, 2025.

Orbital geopolitics: China's dual-use space internet

Altynay Junusova

Rebecca Arcesati

Antonia Hmaidi

Report

Feb 11, 2026

Orbital geopolitics, with Antonia Hmaidi and Altynay Junusova

Podcast

Feb 11, 2026

A cargo ship is loading and unloading foreign trade containers at the Qingdao Port Automated Terminal in Shandong Province, China on January 14, 2026

China’s overcapacity threatens to reshuffle global industrial bases

Esther Goreichy

Jacob Gunter

Comment

Feb 10, 2026

Europe may want to cool its Carney fever (Politico)

Yanmei Xie

External publication

Feb 02, 2026

Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the annual Central Economic Work Conference in Beijing in December 2025.

Beijing’s “support for demand” is more about investment than consumption

Jacob Gunter

Economic Indicators

Jan 23, 2026

Chinese tech starts the year on the right foot (CHOICE)

Rebecca Arcesati

External publication

Jan 09, 2026

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

Experts on Industrial Policy and Technology

Rebecca Arcesati

Head of Program (Co-lead)

Technology; digital policy; artificial intelligence

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Lead Analyst

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

Head of Program (Co-lead)

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

International symposium with Federal Minister for Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger

Sep. 05, 2023

Berlin

Conference on the Chinese national innovation and techno-industrial eco-systems

Sep. 05, 2023

Berlin

Industrial Policy and Technology

China in 26: Energy security + overcapacity + US-China relations

How China uses civil research for its military, with Sarah Kirchberger and Antonia Hmaidi

UBTech: Humanoid robots for the future of manufacturing

AstraZeneca’s R&D bet makes China a pharma innovation hub

In taking H200 chips, Beijing balances self-reliance goals with AI growth

Science funding call provides insight into China’s AI priorities

China’s next five-year bet on AI: Self-reliance, diffusion, and a lot of hype

China’s new Five-Year Plan will embrace industry – and once again give consumers the cold shoulder

Digitalization of China’s auto industry + Concentrated solar power + Innovation points system

Orbital geopolitics: China's dual-use space internet

Orbital geopolitics, with Antonia Hmaidi and Altynay Junusova

China’s overcapacity threatens to reshuffle global industrial bases

Europe may want to cool its Carney fever (Politico)

Beijing’s “support for demand” is more about investment than consumption

Chinese tech starts the year on the right foot (CHOICE)

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

Rebecca Arcesati

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Alexander Brown

Jacob Gunter

Andreas Mischer

Antonia Hmaidi

Wendy Chang

Altynay Junusova

International symposium with Federal Minister for Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger

Conference on the Chinese national innovation and techno-industrial eco-systems

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Digitalization of China’s auto industry + Concentrated solar power + Innovation points system