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https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/28367-xi-calls-for-new-momentum-as-china-enters-next-phase-of-development.html

Xi calls for new momentum as China enters next phase of development


Xi new year message / CGTN

Xi Jinping has called on China to begin 2026 with “bold strides” as the country completes the 14th Five-Year Plan and enters a new stage in its modernisation effort. Speaking on national television on New Year’s Eve, the Chinese President said the achievements of 2025 had laid a foundation for long-term growth and national unity.

“Let us charge ahead like horses with courage, vitality and energy,” Xi said in his address, marking the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan. “We should take solid steps to promote high-quality development, further deepen reform and opening up, and deliver prosperity for all.”

China’s economic output reached 140 trillion yuan in 2025. According to Xi, the country’s overall strength — including technology, defence, and national resilience — increased to record levels. He credited this growth to coordinated efforts across government, industry, and communities.

“We met the targets in the plan and made solid advances on the new journey of Chinese modernisation,” he said.

Major scientific achievements in 2025 included the launch of the Tianwen-2 probe for asteroid research, breakthroughs in domestic chip development, and the commissioning of China’s first aircraft carrier with electromagnetic launch systems. Several Chinese-developed large AI models were also launched and tested during the year.

China’s humanoid robots and drone systems gained national attention, including performances in martial arts displays and coordinated light shows. According to state media, these innovations contributed to what Xi called “new quality productive forces.”

The speech also referenced growing public interest in cultural preservation and expression. Museums, historic relics, and intangible heritage projects experienced a surge in visits and participation in 2025. Iconic characters such as Nezha and Wukong featured prominently in television and gaming exports, reaching a global audience.

One of the year’s symbolic events was the formal commemoration of Taiwan Recovery Day. “The reunification of our motherland, a trend of the times, is unstoppable,” Xi said. He described the cross-strait relationship as bound by “blood and kinship.”

On Hong Kong and Macao, Xi reaffirmed support for the “One Country, Two Systems” policy. He praised the National Games for including delegations from the two Special Administrative Regions in a demonstration of unity.

Throughout the address, Xi placed emphasis on livelihood issues. A national subsidy of 300 yuan per month was provided to families with childcare needs. Upgrades in elderly care services and new protections for platform workers were also introduced in 2025.

“No issue of the people is too small,” he said. “When the happy hum of daily life fills every home, the big family of our nation will go from strength to strength.”

Environmental progress was also noted. Clean water and green spaces are becoming more prominent features in urban planning, according to the government. In climate diplomacy, China submitted updated Nationally Determined Contributions and introduced a new Global Governance Initiative.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit and other multilateral engagements saw China promote its international vision for cooperation and peace. “China always stands on the right side of history,” Xi said. “We are ready to work with all countries to advance world peace and development.”

The address came just months after China marked the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the global end of World War II. Commemorative ceremonies were held across the country.

“The glory of victory will shine through the pages of history,” Xi said, referring to the memorial events as a unifying moment for the Chinese people.

The Communist Party of China continues to exercise strict internal discipline, he said, describing ongoing anti-corruption efforts and internal reviews aimed at strengthening Party conduct and governance. The leadership has also maintained a focus on improving government transparency and accountability.

“We exercised strict governance of the Party through credible measures and promoted the Party’s self-revolution,” Xi said. “As a result, the conduct of our Party and government steadily improved.”

The speech closed with an optimistic message for the coming year.

“The dream lofty, the journey long,” Xi said. “Bold strides will get us there.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/31/housing-builders-tariffs-immigration-interest-rates/

Home builders hoped for a boom in 2025. They didn’t get one.

Builders are offering more and more perks to get buyers off the sidelines, as the industry stayed glum all year.

Home builders thought this year was going to bring a boom. They were wrong.

Single-family construction starts — a crucial measure of how many new homes are being built — are expected to come in 7 percent lower in 2025 than last year, according to forecasts from the National Association of Home Builders. Among new homes built for rent, starts were down 16 percent in mid-2025 compared to the year before. Home builders are offering more and more perks to get buyers off the sidelines, and a closely watched sentiment survey showed builders stayed glum throughout the year.

“The expectations for 2025 were better than the actual results,” said Robert Dietz, chief economist at NAHB. Some data won’t be complete until early next year. But big-picture, the industry’s hopes were “leaning too far into some of the optimism that we saw building in 2024.”

Indeed, last year ended on a relatively high note. Single-family starts in 2024 totaled 1.01 million, up 6.5 percent from 2023, according to NAHB. Hundreds of thousands of homes that started construction on the heels of the pandemic hit the market last year, giving buyers and renters more options. And even though prices still ticked higher, the sense among many builders, housing economists and real estate agents was that 2025 — and in particular, President Donald Trump’s return to the White House — would usher in more momentum.

Many builders hoped the new administration would cut a slew of environmental and permitting regulations that can slow construction. They also expected broader economic growth and that, as inflation simmered down, the Federal Reserve would keep lowering interest rates, which in turn would help lower mortgage rates for buyers.

The U.S. economy did grow at its fastest pace in two years in the third quarter. But many of those other hopes haven’t materialized.

One key regulation — which prohibits building homes near water or roadside drainage ditches that connect to creeks and streams without first obtaining a federal wetlands permit — hasn’t been updated yet. And while the Fed trimmed its benchmark rate three times this year, officials are increasingly split over how to respond to stubborn inflation and a softening labor market. For now, they only have one cut penciled in next year, which may not do much to nudge mortgage rates down. This week, the 30-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 6.15 percent, according to Freddie Mac, down from 6.91 percent this time last year.

Trump’s policies are weighing on builders, too. Sixty percent of builders say that their suppliers have already raised prices for materials, or that they will, because of tariffs, according to NAHB surveys. And across the country, the administration’s immigration crackdown has resulted in mass detentions and deportations of foreign-born workers, a population that makes up about a third of the construction workforce. There isn’t precise data on how many workers have been deported. But contracting and construction trade groups have long been worried about workplace raids and random pickups, coaching employers on what to do if immigration officials show up at a site or start inquiring about paperwork.

In the Orlando area, Hardwick General Contracting had a full slate of projects to stay busy, said president and owner Greg Hardwick. But the ripple effects from a weakening job market, immigration policies and tariffs kept popping up. To keep construction on track, Hardwick said, he’s leaning more into subcontracting on larger businesses that employ dozens or hundreds of people, rather than hiring smaller mom-and-pop shops that can have a harder time filling vacancies. Still, he’s gotten calls this year letting him know drywall or stucco crews wouldn’t be able to show up because they were down too many workers, possibly because some had been detained or were too afraid to come to work, he said.

Hardwick also said suppliers were constantly reaching out about price increases — but without clear explanations.

“We were getting letters from suppliers that tariffs were increasing prices, but if you would call with a question and say, ‘What specific tariff was increasing the pricing here?’ they really couldn’t tie it to anything,” he said. “It was really the anticipation.”

Near Denver, high borrowing costs are the biggest hurdle for Jeff Jacob. Construction loans can hover one percentage point higher than regular 30-year loans. And at more than 7 percent, Jacob said his rates are well above what he could secure from 2017 to just a few years ago.

About half of his buyers purchase homes in all cash, Jacob said, and he just finished the largest house he’s ever built. But the president of Jacob Custom Homes also sees the ways Colorado’s market responds to interest rates. One client put off a project because an old house hadn’t sold. Jacob has also stopped building homes that don’t have buyers lined up because demand is so low.

“I’ve been in this business for 30 years. I’ve seen it go up and down,” Jacob said. “And always, always, always, the one big factor is always interest rates.”

Builders did see some bright spots. Construction for townhouses — which are often more affordable for first-time buyers — is growing, with newly built townhouses accounting for more than 18 percent of all single-family starts for the second quarter, according to NAHB. Custom home building — where a house is built on a lot owned by the owner, not the builder — was up 4 percent in the second quarter compared to 2024. Wealthier customers who are less sensitive to interest rates and have more wealth in the stock market may account for that rise, Dietz said.

There’s also hope for more momentum in 2026. Existing-home sales are expected to clinch a small but meaningful gain over 2025, rising about 1.7 percent, to 4.13 million, according to Realtor.com. The number of homes for sale could also rise nearly 9 percent year over year. And while mortgage rates aren’t expected to fall much, more construction will give buyers more options, which could help lower prices and drive sales. The Mortgage Bankers Association expects total single-family mortgage origination volume to rise to $2.2 trillion in 2026, up from the $2 trillion forecast for 2025.

New construction is giving breathing room to places like Nashville, where home values were up 45 percent in November compared to right before the pandemic, per Zillow data. Ashley Luther, a local real estate agent, said builders have been so eager to turn over properties that they’re keeping incentives for buyers flowing, at times even offering temporary buydowns that could take a mortgage rate as low as 4.99 percent. In a surprising twist, that has meant new homes are sometimes cheaper than existing ones, helping lure skeptical buyers back into the market.

“Buyers are just not confident in where our economy is headed,” said Luther, owner and broker of CHORD Real Estate. “And that gives them pause.”

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