Can China’s aerospace industry overcome ‘execution gap’ in modernisation goals?

Chinese defence suppliers are hitting a wall when it comes to translating national strategic goals into effective enterprise-level actions, according to an analysis by industry insiders.
The study, published in May by the academic journal Defence Industry Conversion in China, identified four major challenges that might undermine the implementation of Beijing’s 2026-2030 plan for the national defence industry.
Authors Gao Xufeng and Wu Ke are strategic planning researchers from the Chengdu-based...