“(Western) technical constraints are becoming increasingly surgical as the strategic focus shifts from ‘stifling current operations’ to ‘stifling future growth,’” Zhang wrote in an article published Wednesday in the official Study Times newspaper.
The newspaper is affiliated with the Central Party School, which is the highest academy of the Communist Party for training officials.
Zhang stressed that China must take concrete measures to “completely reverse the bottleneck situation by others,” and identified several sectors as “critical checkpoints” that China must master – including semiconductors, high-end industrial machine tools and core software.
He also listed a few “frontier and emerging fields,” which he described as “fertile ground” for future combat power, such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, aviation technology, and deep-sea exploration.
