'Knowledge Innovation' and the Chinese Academy of Sciences

摘要

At China's 2006 National Science and Technology Conference, President Hu Jintao pledged to make 21st-century China "an innovation-oriented society." To that end, the conference unveiled a 15-year Medium to Long-Term Science and Technology DevelopmentPlan (MLP) (2006-2020) setting national research priorities and providing substantial resources for meeting them. Gross expenditures on R&D (GERD) are expected to rise to 2.5% of the gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of the plan period from its 2005 level of 1.30% (1). The plan emphasizes "indigenous innovation," and "leapfrogging" in research. Science and technology are expected to support and lead future economic growth.