Peking (ots/PRNewswire) – A news report from China Daily:
Greater efforts are needed to strengthen international cooperation in science and technology, find ways to jointly solve major global problems through technological innovation and develop new high-quality productive forces, officials, experts and business executives said in Beijing on Thursday.
At the opening ceremony of the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum, Vice Premier Ding Xue xiang said China is willing to work with the international community to realize the concept of open, fair, equitable and non-discriminatory international scientific and technological cooperation, and jointly build global scientific and technical cooperation. to build a technical community.
The country will explore a new model for mutually beneficial global cooperation in the field of scientific and technological innovation and reduce barriers that hinder the flow of knowledge, technology, talents and other innovative factors to jointly create an open innovation ecosystem.
Yin Li, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, said the capital will step up efforts to improve its innovation capacity, accelerate the construction of world-leading science and technology parks, increase investment in basic research and make breakthroughs in core technologies in key areas.
Data from the Ministry of Science and Technology show that China’s research and development investment will exceed 3.3 trillion yuan (US$455.4 billion) in 2023, up 8.1 percent year-on-year, and that Basic research spending reached 221.2 billion yuan, up 9.3 percent year-on-year.
China’s strength in scientific and technological innovation has made a great leap in recent years. Marco Aleman, deputy director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, said China is a powerhouse of innovation that contributes to global growth and sustainable development.
According to WIPO, the country is a world leader in innovation, ranking 12th in the Global Innovation Index 2023. At the end of last year, the country had 24 of the world’s top 100 science and technology clusters, ranking first in the world for the first time of the world.
Quarraisha Abdool Karim, President of the World Academy of Sciences, said that securing a sustainable future through partnership and collaboration offers all participants the opportunity to forge new paths towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Lei Jun, founder and chief executive of Chinese technology company Xiaomi Corp, said the company will continue to invest more in research and development and seek breakthroughs in core technologies.
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