By MLex Staff ( August 5, 2026, 07:36 GMT | Insight) -- China is warning that an accelerating nationwide race into future industries could undermine innovation and distort competition, as nearly every province pursues many of the same strategic sectors despite significant differences in industrial foundations and resource endowments. A survey published Monday by the Chinese Communist Party-backed Economic Daily found that almost every province has prioritized hydrogen, 29 included biomanufacturing, more than 20 targeted embodied intelligence, while around half also identified quantum technology, brain-computer interfaces and 6G.China is warning that an accelerating nationwide race into future industries could undermine innovation and distort competition, as nearly every province pursues many of the same strategic sectors despite significant differences in industrial foundations and resource endowments....
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