AsianScientist (Jul. 9, 2012) – Top Chinese leaders have called for reforms to China’s science and technology program that include innovation and integration with social and economic development.
At the national science and technology innovation conference in Beijing that took place from July 6-7 last week, President Hu Jintao stressed for Chinese R&D to be innovation-driven and internationally competitive.
Hu is also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission.
According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the president proposed six suggestions for R&D reform, which include promoting innovation-driven development, cultivating talented people, and expanding international cooperation.
Hu also urged authorities to increase R&D investment to more than 2.5 percent of China’s GDP in 2020.
Premier Wen Jiabao similarly called for new policies and regulations to promote innovation.
Wen encouraged measures such as the building of high-level R&D centers, integration of manufacturing with academic research, shared scientific and technologic resources, and fair and open markets for enterprises.
In September last year, the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the national committee on post-doctorate management released its 12th Five-Year Program (2011-15) on post-doctoral education.
In the report, it detailed plans to increase the annual enrollment of post-doctoral researchers to 17,000 in 2015, an increase of over 60 percent from 2010.
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