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their businesses. We should promote scientific and technological literacy
among the public, foster a culture of innovation, and nurture dedication to

science. In addition, we must work harder to uphold the rule of law, ethics,
integrity, and security in the sphere of science and technology.
The principal role of enterprises in technological innovation should be

reinforced. We should facilitate the flow of innovation resources toward
enterprises, support them in spearheading the creation of innovation
consortia and in playing a greater role in major national science and

technology programs, and encourage them to make more investments in basic
research. We should also promote full integration of chains of innovation with
those of industry, capital, and talent.

We should nurture leading technology companies, support the
development of new- and high-tech firms and sci-tech SMEs, and further raise
the additional tax deductions for enterprises’ R&D expenses. We should

increase government procurement of homegrown innovative products.
13. Pursuing the integrated development of education, science and technology,
and human resources
We need to institute sound mechanisms for advancing integration on this

front, promoting greater coordination across development plans, policies,
resources, and evaluations. We should foster positive interplay between

indigenous technological innovation and the training of homegrown talent
and develop globally influential centers for education, science, and talent.
Orienting talent cultivation toward technological innovation, industrial
development, and national strategic needs, we should optimize the layout of

higher education institutions, advance reforms on a categorized basis, and
coordinate the establishment of disciplines. We should continue to develop

world-class universities and academic disciplines and national centers for
interdisciplinary subjects, while better leveraging the role of research
institutes, innovation platforms, enterprises, and science and technology
programs in pooling and nurturing talent. These endeavors will enable us to

cultivate top-tier innovators.
We should move faster to build a contingent of personnel with expertise

of strategic importance to our country and cultivate talent of all types,
including science strategists, leading scientists, outstanding engineers, master
craftspeople, and highly-skilled workers. We should increase personnel
collaboration and optimize talent structures to ensure that human resources

better meet regional development needs.

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