China sets 2020 vision for science

摘要

China is betting that an ambitious pro-gramme of applied research will help to secure its future as an economic super-power. Innovation 2020, unveiled last week by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), maintains support for basic research. But the plan will place a new emphasis on translat-ing the research into technologies that can power economic growth and address pressing national needs such as clean energy, said Bai Chunli, vice-president of the CAS, at the acad-emy's annual conference in Beijing, where the plan was announced.