REVOLUTIONIZING SCI-TECH SYSTEM
The vitality of China's innovation comes from the revolutionary reforms over the past five years in China's science and technology system.
Measures have been taken to encourage brain gain, increase funds and improve policies that promote innovations.
"With more than 30 years of accumulation, China's development of science and technology has experienced transition from quantity into quality," said Huo Guoqing, a professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. "It's time for breakthroughs."
Wan Gang, minister of science and technology, said China's historic transformation from copying the western world to integrated innovations has demonstrated a new concept of China to regard innovation as a primary force driving development.
At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chinese President Xi Jinping called for more efforts to make China a country of innovators.
"We will strengthen basic research in applied sciences, launch major national science and technology projects, and prioritize innovation in key generic technologies, cutting-edge frontier technologies, modern engineering technologies, and disruptive technologies," he said.
These efforts will provide powerful support for building China's strength in science and technology, product quality, aerospace, cyberspace, and transportation, and for building a digital China and a smart society, he said.
