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-Fruitful gains were made in scientific and technological innovation.
We established a new system for mobilizing resources nationwide to make key

technological breakthroughs, opened a number of national laboratories, and
reorganized key national laboratories in several batches.
Breakthroughs were made in core technologies in key fields, and a stream of
innovations emerged in areas such as manned spaceflight, lunar and Martian
exploration, deep sea and deep earth probes, supercomputers, satellite navigation,

quantum information, nuclear power technology, airliner manufacturing, artificial
intelligence, and biomedicine.
As spending on R&D increased from 2.1 percent to over 2.5 percent of GDP,

the contribution of scientific and technological progress to economic growth
exceeded 60 percent. The capacity of innovation to sustain development was
enhanced continuously.
-The economic structure was further improved.
The value-added of high-tech manufacturing and of equipment manufacturing

increased by an annual average of 10.6 percent and 7.9 percent respectively.
China’s digital economy continued to grow in strength. The value-added of new
industries and new business forms and models accounted for over 17 percent of
GDP. We fully implemented the coordinated regional development strategy and

major regional development strategies. The share of permanent urban residents in
the total population rose from 60.2 percent to 65.2 percent. The rural revitalization
strategy was implemented across the board. New drivers of growth developed at a
much faster pace.
-Infrastructure was further upgraded.

Work began on the construction of major water conservancy projects such as
those against floods and droughts and those for water diversion. The length of
in-service high-speed railways increased from 25,000 kilometers to 42,000
kilometers, and the expressway network expanded from 136,000 kilometers to

177,000 kilometers. In rural areas, 1.25 million kilometers of road were newly built
or upgraded. The passenger handling capacity of airports increased by 400 million.
Installed power capacity increased by more than 40 percent. Gigabit fiber optic
internet services covered all prefecture-level cities, and broadband internet was

installed in every administrative village in China.
-Reform and opening up were deepened.
We deepened reform and opening up across the board in an effort to create a

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