China Says It Will Take 30 Years For It to Achieve Manufacturing 'Greatness'

BBC: China says manufacturing 'greatness' still 30 years away 

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. 

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