Even if you ignore the PRC's primary materialist / world-historic acheivement over the last few decades (lifting more people out of poverty than any country in history), then you still have futuristic / sci-fi things like:

The PRC's green energy revolution.

ELECTRICITY MIX (PERCENTAGE)
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2010:  [████████████████████████] 61% Coal  |  39% Clean
2025:  [████████████████] 32% Coal           |  68% Clean
2030:  [████████████] ~25% Coal (target)     |  75% Clean (target)
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Rapid development of fusion power.
Space missions like a planned moon landing possibly as soon as the 2030s, and planned mars landings for 2040s.

These are star trek / bucky fuller level ideas.