Beijing: China aims to become a "world technological
power" by 2049 and a leading nation in innovation and scientific
development, according to a new government document.
The document, released Sunday by the Communist Party of China
Central Committee and the State Council (or cabinet), said
"deepening technological system reform and accelerating national
innovation system construction" sets the goal for China to be "in
the ranks of innovative nations" by 2020, Xinhua reported.
The document urged efforts to "deepen the reform" of the
scientific and technological systems and "step up building of a
national innovative system" so as to lay a foundation for China to
become a technological power when celebrating its centennial
anniversary in 2049.
It said China's research and development funds nationwide should
reach 2.2 percent of the GDP during the country's 12th Five-Year
Plan (2011-2015), and more than 2.5 percent by 2020.
The average research and development input for large- and
medium-sized industrial enterprises should increase to 1.5 percent
of their revenues during the 2011-2015 period, it said.
For every 10,000 employees, there should be at least 43 research
and development personnel each year, it said.
The development of "strategic emerging industries", such as energy
preservation and environmental protection, new-generation
information technology, biology, advanced equipment manufacturing,
new energy and material as well as green vehicles, should be
accelerated, it said.
The construction of potential first rate scientific research
institutes and universities will be facilitated in the five-year
period, it said.
The support for "innovative activities" of "non-state companies"
should be expanded and the fiscal and financial support for small
and medium-sized companies and micro-businesses would be
increased, according to the document.
Major breakthroughs of key technologies should be materialised in
sectors like electronic information, energy and environment
protection, biological medicine and advanced manufacturing.
Technological innovation should be made in industries related to
people's livelihoods, such as health, food and drug safety, and
disaster relief, the document said.
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