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【Guide】Hu Yongjun, Director of the Future Industries Division at the National Information Center, outlines six major development trends in future industries

On the afternoon of April 2, at the 2026 CECI Forum’s Future Industries Sub-forum, Hu Yongjun, Director of the Future Industries Division at the National Information Center, provided a detailed explanation of the six major development trends in future industries.

Hu Yongjun believes that, first, future industries are strategic emerging industries of tomorrow and pillar industries of the day after tomorrow. A group of next-generation “new three” products will emerge, helping to remake China’s high-tech industry for another decade.

Second, the six future-industry tracks are the biggest certainty in response to global economic growth uncertainty. More future-industry sub-tracks will be effectively identified and dynamically adjusted, and more regions will develop future industries in a tailored, offset way based on local conditions.

Third, during the “15th Five-Year Plan and the Five Years after” period, the national major projects will be densely deployed in the future-industry sector. The development of future industries will become a key supported direction for “two priorities in heavy investment,” and intangible asset investment will become a new form of investment in future industries.

Fourth, the entire-chain channels for mid-to-long-term venture capital to “get in and get out” will be further unblocked. Support policies for investing early, investing small, investing long-term, and investing in hard technology will be stronger and more effective. Mechanisms to accelerate the establishment and improvement of future-industry funding growth and risk-sharing will also be expedited.

Hu Yongjun said that in the past two years, on the one hand, the state has launched a national venture capital guidance fund, with a total scale expected to reach 1 trillion yuan. By setting up a three-tier structure of “fund company–regional fund–sub-fund,” three regional funds—the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei venture capital guidance fund, the Yangtze River Delta venture capital guidance fund, and the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area venture capital guidance fund—have been established and are operating.

On the other hand, a national-level M&A fund has been set up, with an expected impact of unlocking over 1 trillion yuan in funding of various kinds. This fund will help solve the “hard exit” problem in venture capital, improve the turnover efficiency of venture capital, guide social capital into key areas such as strategic emerging industries and high-tech industries, complement existing government investment funds effectively, and build a capital support system covering different stages of company development.

Fifth, from ideas to business, from bookshelves to shelves, from laboratories to production lines, technological innovation and industrial innovation will further deepen integration, accelerating the establishment and improvement of a comprehensive cultivation system for future industries.

Sixth, future industry pilot zones will become the core carriers for cultivating future industries across regions. These zones are not just about creating favorable policy environments but about fostering hubs of reform and innovation. There are no standard answers; the key is to pioneer and experiment, exploring technological routes, application scenarios, business models, and governance systems.

（Source: China Fund News）