Construction of the China National Innovation System

The Construction of the National Innovation System is an important strategic decision made by the Chinese Government in an effort to fully implement the measures of rejuvenating China through science, education, and sustainable development, andspeeding up the economic and social development in China.

In recent years, mankind has witnessed a new revolution in science and technology by the progress of world economic and social development. Modern science a nd technology,represented by information science and biotechnology,are developing at a high speed, they have led to the opening of a new prospect for the development of world productive forces and to a changing of productive mode, living style and social structure of human beings. The knowledgeª²based industry has become a new feature in economic growth, while the economic globalization and the knowledgeª²based economy move forward rapidly. Science and technology become the primary productive force and powerful driving force for the sustained economic and social development. The key factors of the national competitien are now identified as capability for knowledge innovation, technology innovation, system innovation and attainability for the industrialization of high technology.

With the increasing development of world economy, science and technology, the Chinese Government duly worked out important strategic decisions on constructing the National Innovation System. In 1998, it approved the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to initiate Pilot Project of Knowledge Innovation Program (PPKIP ). Soon after, an action plan was carried out for rejuvenating education in the 21st century, a meeting held on national technology innovation and a working conference on basic science research as well, in order to further enhance the reform in the scientific research system. And also plans are drawn to open second broad of stock exchange in the security market. Science and technology in China are moving forward at an unprecedented rate in the new era.

The China National Innovation System is a networking system composed of institutions involved in knowledge innovation and technology innovation. It includes the following: Knowledge innovation system netted with the state research institutions and key teachingª²research universities; technology innovation and technology application system with industrial enterprises; knowledge dissemination system with schools and universities conferring different levels of degrees and with lifelong education open to the public. In this connection, the national institutes play a unique role in the popularization of science among the people in science and technology development and expansion, and in the promotion of scientific methodology.

The Knowledge Innovation Program of CAS is a major component of the construction of the China National Innovation System. The historic missions that CAS is endowed with in the National Innovation System are as follows: Try hard to scale the heights of world science, train and nurture, and at the same time, continuously dispatch S£¦T creative talents to the society,constantly create and disseminate high and new technology, and develop highª²tech industries with internatio nal competitiveness in order to make creative contribution, which is basic, strategic and foresighted, to the national economic development and social progress; try to interrelate with other components of the National Innovation System including universities and enterprises, and seek for mutual development, providing powerful S£¦T support for the economic and social development in China.

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