China emphasizes education, sci-tech, talent in modernization drive
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- 21 Oct 2022
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In Xi Jinping's report made at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), he dedicated a part to a long-standing strategy that is aimed at talent cultivation.
Titled "Invigorating China Through Science and Education," the strategy was unveiled in 1995 and has been enriched with the infusion of new insights contained in a series of policies rolled out since then.
"Education, science and technology, and human resources are the foundational and strategic pillars for building a modern socialist country in all respects," Xi said.
Innovative power
China put unprecedented effort into innovation in the past decade, and there are many clear examples of the country's innovative power in that time: world-class supercomputers, a domestically built space station and the manned submersible Fendouzhe (Striver), which set national diving records in the deepest part of the ocean.
China's sci-tech progressed faster in the last 10 years than any other decade in history, according to Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Meng. The current annual spending on research and development (R&D) is 2.7 times that of 2012.
China rose to 11th on the Global Innovation Index 2022, up from 12th last year, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) last month. Read More...
