China Sets 2020 Vision for Research

摘要

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