--- --- # Watch the Utterly Inane Music Video China Is Using to Promote Its New Five-Year Plan ## Video: Apple May Be Self-Censoring Its News App In China [Watch (HLS stream): Apple May Be Self-Censoring Its News App In China](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/l0F2UKBN.m3u8) (1:17)  _Published 2015-10-11. Reports say Apple may be disabling one of its own apps in mainland China, presumably to keep in line with the country's censorship laws._ by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Oct 27, 2015 8:54 AM UTC by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Oct 27, 2015 8:54 AM UTC China is about to release its 13th five-year plan and the government’s propaganda masters have come up with a colorful, animated video to drill the idea home. With the help of four chirpy animated characters, the video published on state news wire Xinhua is possibly the most twee way imaginable to promote the Chinese Communist Party’s social and economic policies — currently being discussed behind closed doors this week — through a seemingly modern channel. “There’s doctors, bankers and farmers too. And even engineers who deal with poo,” are just some of the plucky lyrics included in the song, which is punctuated with the repeated phrase: “If you want to know what China’s gonna do, best pay attention to the _shi san wu_ \[13-5\].” Don’t worry China, we’re paying attention. > [](https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/658837440375844864) Watch China's Cutesy Music Video for Its Five-Year Plan ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4088362/china-five-year-plan-music-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4088362/china-five-year-plan-music-video/"},"headline":"Watch the Utterly Inane Music Video China Is Using to Promote Its New Five-Year Plan","datePublished":"2015-10-27T08:54:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:58.387Z","description":"It's probably the most twee attempt ever to champion Communist Party policies","url":"https://time.com/4088362/china-five-year-plan-music-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","China","Xi Jinping","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joanna Plucinska","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4088362/china-five-year-plan-music-video/","name":"Watch the Utterly Inane Music Video China Is Using to Promote Its New Five-Year Plan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Apple May Be Self-Censoring Its News App In China","description":"Reports say Apple may be disabling one of its own apps in mainland China, presumably to keep in line with the country's censorship laws.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/l0F2UKBN/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-11T17:30:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/l0F2UKBN.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4088362/china-five-year-plan-music-video/","duration":"PT1M17S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4088362/china-five-year-plan-music-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```