china predictions for 2035

Read 14 predictions about China in 2035, a year that will see this country experience significant change in its politics, economics, technology, culture, and environment. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A trend intelligence consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends in foresight. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

International relations predictions for China in 2035

International relations predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

Politics predictions for China in 2035

Politics related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

Government predictions for China in 2035

Government related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

  • China achieves "socialist modernization” to reach the level of moderately in developed countries, according to the country's 2021-2025 plan. (This modernity is experienced more in coastal regions than in China's Western core.) Likelihood: 40 percent1

Economy predictions for China in 2035

Economy related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

  • Hainan province becomes a free-trade port, an offshore trade and finance center similar to Hong Kong. Likelihood: 70 percent1
  • This year, China will produce and export more plant-based meat alternatives than any other nation, marginally reducing the amount of factory farmed meat it imports and that it produces domestically. This production increase will dramaticly decrease the average price of plant-based meat alternatives globally. Likelihood: 70%1

Technology predictions for China in 2035

Technology related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

  • Chinese passenger car transportation usage is reduced by 30% from 2021 levels, promoting the commercialization of mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) centered around electric vehicles. Likelihood: 60 percent1
  • The government rolls out large-scale commercialization of robotaxis and fully automated vehicles. Likelihood: 60 percent1
  • China successfully lands astronauts ('taikonauts') on the surface of the moon. Likelihood: 60%1

Culture predictions for China in 2035

Culture related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

  • China is doing worse than the US on all demographic metrics and economic growth by this year, due to China's declining population and fertility rates. Likelihood: 65 percent1

Defense predictions for in 2035

Defense related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

Infrastructure predictions for China in 2035

Infrastructure related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

  • 70% of China’s population is now urban. Likelihood: 65 percent1
  • Five major city clusters are established in China: the Jing-Jin-Ji cluster in the north, the Yangtze River Delta cluster (east), the Pearl River Delta cluster (south), the Cheng-Yu cluster (west), and the Yangtze River Middle Reaches cluster in central China.  Likelihood: 75 percent1
  • China completes the construction of 200,000 kilometers of railways; one-third is composed of high-speed rail, accounting for about 60% of the total distance covered by all high-speed rail lines in the world. Likelihood: 65 percent1

Environment predictions for China in 2035

Environment related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

  • As of this year, all taxis operating in China's cities have been converted or replaced to become fully electric vehicles. Likelihood: 70%1
  • China cuts the concentration of hazardous fine particulate matter (called PM2.5) from 47 micrograms per cubic meter in 2016 to 35 micrograms this year. Likelihood: 70%1
  • China plans to phase out conventional gas-burning cars by 2035.Link

Science predictions for China in 2035

Science related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

  • China tests technologies like 3D printing to lay the groundwork for constructing a lunar base and sets up a 100-megawatt space-based solar power (SBSP) with an electric power generating capacity. Likelihood: 60 percent1

Health predictions for China in 2035

Health related predictions to impact China in 2035 include:

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January 7, 2022. Last updated January 7, 2020.

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