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China is at least 30 years away from becoming a manufacturing nation of

"great power", a government advisor told party delegates on Sunday.

Many observers already see China as the "world's factory" given that more
than a third of global output from cars to phones comes from there.

But China's leaders are concerned about its heavy dependence on the US for
high-tech products like semiconductors.

"Basic capabilities are still weak" Miao Wei warned on Sunday.

"Core technologies are in the hands of others" and China runs the risk of
"being hit in the throat" warned Mr Miao, who was Minister of Industry and
Information Technology for a decade.

He is now a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

(CPPCC), the top advisory body to the government.

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Although China still produces a significant amount of consumer and industrial

products, its manufacturing output as a share of its economy has declined.

Last year, manufacturing accounted for slightly over a quarter of Gross

Domestic Product (GDP), the lowest level since 2012.

"The ratio of manufacturing output to GDP has been declining too early and
too quickly" Mr Miao said in a speech to CPPCC delegates at the Great Hall of
the People in Beijing.

"China's manufacturing industry has made great achievements in recent years,

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has not been fundamentally changed," Mr Miao added.

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China also laid out its dra economic plan for the next five years. It wants to
speed up the development of advanced technologies from chips to artificial
intelligence.

The initiatives follow repeated blocks on China's access to US technology

under the Trump administration. Chinese companies such as Huawei have The country that says Covid isn't a
been cut off from buying critical components. problem

Establishing its own world-class domestic chip makers has become a top
priority for Chinese leaders.

Its five-year plan targets seven strategic areas considered essential to national
security and includes AI, quantum computing, neuroscience and aerospace.

The blueprint reiterates China's desire to increase competitiveness in aircra

development, robotics and new-energy vehicles.

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