What China's big party congress this week means for the economy

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BEIJING — The twice-a-decade Chinese leadership meeting this week has significant implications for which parts of the economy will receive support or continued pressure, Natixis analysts said Thursday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech Sunday that outlined the Communist Party of China's priorities for the next five years. An official version of that report is set to be published after the party's 20th National Congress ends on Saturday.

The congress' implications for different sectors «are a big boost for industrial policy,» analysts from the French investment bank said. They pointed to Xi's frequent mention of the need for innovation.

«Green transition and semiconductors will continue to benefit,» they said.

China has announced it aims to reach peak carbon emissions in 2030.

Tensions with the U.S. escalated in the last few years, most recently with new U.S. export controls this month targeted at China's chip industry.

«The most worrisome thing from the Chinese perspective is these restrictions are increasingly difficult to bypass,» Gary Ng, senior economist for Asia-Pacific, thematic research at Natixis, said during a webinar. «From the industrial policy perspective, China will step up its subsidies, step up its support.»

Ensuring national security, especially in food and energy, was another theme Xi reiterated in his speech.

«The focus on national security points to the continuation of zero-Covid policies and pressure in internet platforms,» the Natixis analysts said. «Real estate will still feel pressure since any relaxation was hardly mentioned in the speech.»

Real estate, which accounts for about a quarter of China's GDP, has struggled as home sales plunged this year amid Beijing's crackdown on developers'