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Beijing bets big on agtech in sectoral five-year plan

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Beijing is putting agricultural technology at the center of its rural modernization push. The State Council published the 15th Five-Year Plan (FYP) for Accelerating Agricultural and Rural Modernization on June 2. That was fast: The last version didn't drop until February 2022 – eight months later i...