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2) Building our self-reliance and strength in science and technology and
backing the modernization of the industrial system
We will invest more effectively in science and technology. We will improve the

mechanisms for managing government funds in line with the new system for
mobilizing resources nationwide, pool superior resources and strengths, and make

all-out efforts to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields while
fully leveraging the government’s role in organizing such efforts. We will increase
investment in basic research, improve the funding system for the National Natural

Science Fund and carry out pilot programs for fostering basic research personnel.
We will make funding available for the construction of every major project under

the Sci-Tech Innovation 2030 Agenda as soon as it is ready to launch. We will
improve the structure of science and technology expenditures and make overall

plans for project funding to avoid redundant spending. We will work to further
reform the mechanisms for allocating and using government research funds, and

grant scientists a greater say when it comes to determining technological roadmaps
and spending research funds. We will support the launch of the first international
Big Science program initiated by China by looking into the establishment of

funding management mechanisms well-suited to international Big Science
programs and projects in a bid to strengthen international cooperation on science

and technology.
We will boost China’s strength in strategic science and technology. We will help

better define the roles of national research institutes, advanced-level research
universities, and leading sci-tech enterprises to improve their layout, and we will

back the reform and development of research institutes at the central level. We will
promote the development and operation of national laboratories and reorganize
key laboratories nationwide, so as to see a distinctively Chinese national laboratory

system taking shape. We will provide support for the development of
technological innovation centers, industrial innovation centers, engineering

research centers, and national manufacturing innovation centers. We will give play
to the principal role of enterprises in technological innovation by backing them to

take the lead in more national scientific and technological endeavors. We will
allocate 6.5 billion yuan for scientific and technological advancement at the local

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