As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and why Beijing has continued this tradition after the seismic economic changes of the reform era.“Plans can’t keep up with changes,” the Chinese proverb goes. Yet for more than seven decades, China has...