Agree with your overall assessment, but the 5 year plans are certainly "flexible" and not all goals are consistently met. Often goals will changes mid-5 year span to accommodate reality. Think about your own personal development plan at work, but not that bad.

I do agree that "power" is the issue here. It doesn't take much for China to look at how Bezos or Elon act and say "yeah, no, we're not going to have corporate leaders challenging the Party publicly".