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China’s strength in education, science and technology, and human resources
in a well-coordinated manner. We should enhance the overall performance of

China’s innovation system, raise our innovation capacity across the board,
achieve a leading position in scientific and technological development, and
keep fostering new quality productive forces.

11. Promoting advances in original innovation and breakthroughs in core
technologies in key fields
We should improve the new system for mobilizing resources nationwide

and adopt unconventional measures to drive decisive breakthroughs in core
technologies across entire chains in key fields such as integrated circuits,
industrial machine tools, high-end equipment, basic software, advanced
materials, and biomanufacturing. A number of major national science and

technology programs should be launched, with a focus on meeting our
country’s strategic needs.

We should strengthen strategic, forward-looking, and systematic
planning for basic research, direct a greater share of total R&D spending
toward this field, and increase long-term, stable support. We need to place a
stronger emphasis on original innovation in scientific research and

technological development and create an optimal environment for original
and disruptive innovation, in a bid to produce a larger number of original,

landmark advances.
12. Promoting full integration between technological and industrial innovation
We should coordinate efforts to build up China’s strength in strategic
science and technology and enhance our capacity for making systematic

breakthroughs. We should strengthen self-sufficiency in scientific and
technological infrastructure and take well-coordinated steps to develop

innovation platforms and centers. We should improve regional innovation
systems, develop regional technological innovation centers and industrial
technological innovation hubs, and reinforce the role of international
technological innovation centers as drivers of innovation.

We should see that major scientific and technological advances can enter
practical application quickly and efficiently. To this end, we should build
more proof-of-concept and pilot-scale testing platforms, work harder to

develop application scenarios and make them more accessible, and strengthen
the protection and application of intellectual property rights. We should
create an open and globally competitive innovation ecosystem. Young

scientists and engineers should receive support to pursue innovation or start

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