China - Country Partnership Framework FY26-FY31 : Chair Summary

Overview & Synopsis

The World Bank Group Country Partnership Framework for the People’s Republic of China for FY26 to FY31 prioritizes knowledge engagement and a selective, phased-down financing program aligned with China’s graduation trajectory and 15th Five-Year Plan, focusing on three outcomes to strengthen institutions for high-quality growth, better jobs, and a livable planet. Executive Directors supported interventions that generate global public goods, knowledge sharing through the Knowledge Bank, and private sector-led investment in job-rich sectors in emerging markets, emphasized additionality including for human capital, noted that International Finance Corporation and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency engagements can catalyze private sector development where additionality supports jobs and economic development, and recognized that the framework leverages the World Bank Group’s convening power and comparative advantages to address complex, cross-sectoral priorities and institutional gaps aligned with China’s development stage.