Policy paper: Industrial Strategy

A bold, future-facing strategy is required to secure the UK’s long-term prosperity. This document sets out a refreshed economic approach that concentrates national effort on the country’s core strengths, while delivering ambitious, measurable plans across eight high-growth sectors. The aim is simple: to unleash productivity, attract investment, and create high-skilled jobs across every region.

Executive summary
The UK possesses a durable competitive edge: a resilient, innovation-driven economy with world-class universities, a robust financial services hub, and a dynamic smaller business sector capable of rapid scale. Yet to realise sustained growth, policy must do more than support existing success—they must tilt the playing field in favour of sectors with the potential to compound value over the next decade and beyond. This strategy defines that new approach and translates it into concrete, sector-specific commitments designed to accelerate growth, improve market access, and de-risk strategic investment.

Strategic approach
– Targeted support for high-growth potential: Prioritise sectors where the UK already has reach, capability, or unique advantages, and where policy can unlock disproportionate gains in productivity and jobs.
– Enterprise and innovation at scale: Strengthen the pipeline from research to commercialisation, incentivising collaboration between universities, industry, and government to accelerate the translation of ideas into market-ready solutions.
– Global edge, domestic resilience: Build a globally competitive economy that is insulated from shocks through diversified supply chains, re-shoring where feasible, and resilient infrastructure.
– Inclusive growth: Ensure that gains from high-growth sectors are broadly shared, with regional rollout plans, upskilling, and diverse talent pipelines that widen opportunity.
– Market certainty and smart regulation: Provide long-term policy clarity, proportionate regulation, and predictable procurement and investment frameworks to reduce risk and attract capital.

Eight high-growth sectors: ambitions and commitments
1) Clean tech and energy transition
– Ambition: Establish the UK as a clean-tech R&D and deployment hub, accelerating decarbonisation across industry and homes.
– Commitments: Strengthen green finance instruments, expand demonstration projects, and streamline planning for low-carbon infrastructure. Support scalable domestic manufacturing of batteries, electrolyzers, and energy storage solutions.

2) Life sciences and biomedical innovation
– Ambition: Convert scientific discovery into patient-ready therapies, diagnostics, and digital health tools, driving global competitiveness.
– Commitments: Increase clinical trial capacity, accelerate regulatory pathways where safe, and expand translational funding. Grow biotech clusters through targeted grants and talent pipelines.

3) Advanced manufacturing and materials
– Ambition: Reimagine production with digital twins, robotics, and novel materials to raise productivity and export success.
– Commitments: Invest in digital automation infrastructure, forge sector-based skills hubs, and nurture collaboration between SMEs and leading manufacturers to scale innovation.

4) Digital economy and AI-enabled services
– Ambition: Position the UK as a global hub for high-growth digital firms, data-enabled services, and responsible AI.
– Commitments: Expand bandwidth and digital infrastructure, establish clear data and AI governance that protects citizens and fosters innovation, and grow a supportive funding environment for scale-ups.

5) Cybersecurity and resilience
– Ambition: Build a robust national cyber ecosystem that protects critical assets and enables secure digital growth.
– Commitments: Grow the cadre of cyber professionals, bolster public-private partnerships, and invest in defence-grade security technologies that can be exported.

6) Sustainable mobility and transport technology
– Ambition: Lead in electrification, autonomous systems, and novel mobility solutions that reduce emissions and increase productivity.
– Commitments: Fund infrastructure rollouts, support domestic automotive supply chains, and enable testbeds for autonomous and intelligent transport.

7) Agritech and food systems
– Ambition: Transform the food value chain through innovative farming, agri-biotech, and supply-chain efficiencies to improve resilience and sustainability.
– Commitments: Invest in precision farming, lab-grown and cultured products where appropriate, and create routes for exports of high-quality agri-tech solutions.

8) Creative, cultural, and tourism technology
– Ambition: Leverage the UK’s cultural capital to drive high-value tech-enabled experiences, tourism, and exportable creative services.
– Commitments: Support scalable digital distribution models, protect intellectual property, and fund platforms that connect creators with global markets.

Cross-cutting enablers
– Skills and people: Launch a national skills strategy to align training with sectoral needs, prioritising STEM, digital literacy, and emergent capabilities. Create mobility pathways between regions to spread opportunity.
– Infrastructure and connectivity: Accelerate infrastructure upgrades, including broadband, 5G, transport, and energy networks, to reduce friction in business operations and product delivery.
– Finance and investment: Expand patient capital sources, including public-private partnerships, to de-risk early-stage ventures and scale-up investments. Promote outcomes-based funding for pilot projects and demonstrators.
– Regulation and standards: Establish sector-specific regulatory sandboxes, prioritise interoperability standards, and maintain a light-touch, outcomes-focused approach that protects consumers and promotes innovation.
– Trade and international collaboration: Strengthen trade relationships and promote the UK as a destination for R&D partnerships, pilot deployments, and global supply chains.

Delivery architecture
– Sector delivery councils: Establish eight sector-specific councils to co-create roadmaps, track progress, and coordinate across government, industry, and academia. Each council will publish annual milestones and measurement metrics.
– Investment roadmaps: Develop multi-year investment plans for each sector, with clear trigger points for policy adjustment, funding rounds, and prioritised regional deployment.
– Metrics and accountability: Implement a transparent dashboard with key indicators—growth in sector output, job creation, export performance, private investment, and regional spread. Quarterly reviews will publish progress and course-correct where necessary.
– Regional emphasis: Embed a regionally balanced approach to ensure benefits reach all parts of the UK. Create regional challenger funds to stimulate local-level innovation ecosystems and supply-chain diversification.
– Risk management: Identify and monitor sector-specific risks, including market volatility, supply chain dependencies, and rapid technological change; deploy mitigations such as diversification strategies and capacity buffers.

What success looks like in 5 years
– Measurable productivity gains across all eight sectors, with signal increases in investment, exports, and high-quality employment.
– A diversified, resilient economy with regional growth patterns that reduce over-reliance on any single sector or geography.
– Strengthened relationships with global partners, resulting in more collaborative R&D programmes, larger-scale pilots, and expanded export markets.
– A clear, predictable policy environment that reduces risk for long-horizon capital and accelerates time-to-market for innovations.

Conclusion
The proposed strategy sets a coherent, ambitious course for backing the UK’s strengths and unlocking high-growth potential across eight transformative sectors. By coupling sector-specific plans with robust cross-cutting enablers, the plan seeks to raise productivity, attract investment, and deliver inclusive growth across the country. The objective is straightforward: build a dynamic, export-oriented, innovation-led economy that sustains prosperity for all regions and communities in the years ahead.

June 9, 2026 at 12:31PM
政策性文件：产业策略
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-strategy
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