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China savors innovation, high-tech quality

Source: Xinhua | 00:01 UTC+8 March 12, 2018 | Print Edition

CHINA will enhance its strength in science and technology in the coming years to create more opportunities for itself and the world.

“China will do more to implement the innovation-driven development strategy,” Premier Li Keqiang said last week while delivering a government work report at the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress.

Li said that application-oriented basic research would be strengthened, a number of science and technology innovation programs launched, and a number of top national laboratories set up this year.

At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October, President Xi Jinping said innovation was the primary driving force behind development and the strategic underpinning for building a modernized economy.

China aims to make itself a country of innovators, according to Xi.

At a press conference held at the weekend on the sidelines of the session, Wan Gang, minister of science and technology, said China is taking a leading position in strategic hi-tech sectors.

Major achievements include the launch of the Tiangong-2 space lab, the Jiaolong deep-sea manned submersible, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, the launch of dark matter probe satellite Wukong and the quantum science satellite Mozi, and the test flight for airliner C919.

China has also been the world leader in applications for invention patents for seven consecutive years. China’s mainland held about 1.36 million such patents by the end of 2017, meaning on average 9.8 invention patents per 10,000 people, according to the State Intellectual Property Office.

Technological innovation has provided strong support for the nation’s supply-side structural reforms and significantly improved people’s lives, Wan said, citing its role in mobile communication, pharmaceuticals, epidemic prevention, new energy vehicles as well as air pollution control and poverty alleviation.

In addition, hi-tech will be applied to judicial organs. “China will speed up the construction of smart courts,” said Chief Justice Zhou Qiang while delivering a work report of the Supreme People’s Court to the session.

Courts will better use artificial intelligence, voice recognition, big data and other digital technologies to improve trial and social governance, Zhou said.

Meanwhile, China also shares its scientific and technological achievements with the world.

China has sent experts and medicine to Africa to help locals fight against Ebola and Zika virus, offering Chinese wisdom and strength to tackle infectious diseases globally, Wan added.

“The technological advancement in China serves the world and benefits all human beings, rather than posing a threat to others,” said Yang Changfeng, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Yang, also the chief designer of the BeiDou system, said China plans to send 18 BeiDou-3 satellites into space in 2018. The system is expected to provide navigation and positioning services to countries along the Belt and Road by late 2018. Named after the Chinese term for the Big Dipper, the BeiDou project was launched in 1994, and began to serve China in 2000 and Asia-Pacific in 2012.

“The BeiDou system does not just belong to China, but the whole world,” Yang said, noting that China has been promoting cooperation with Asia-Pacific nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Arab League in the construction of BeiDou system.

The system plays an important role in telecommunications, transport, forest fire prevention and disaster prevention and relief. “We’ve been improving our services for our global users,” Yang said, adding that they are promoting the system in international organizations.

Wang Shoujun, chairperson of China National Nuclear Corp, a leading nuclear power company, said its nuclear projects in Pakistan had reached 4.63 million kilowatts, while installed capacity in operation exceeded 1.3 million kilowatts.

“These projects have effectively alleviated local power shortages, boosted the country’s economic development, and improved the locals’ living quality,” said Wang, also a member of the National Committee of the CPPCC.

China’s utility giant State Grid has already built power supply facilities in countries along the Belt and Road routes, and exported advanced electricity supply equipment to 83 countries and regions across the world.

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