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China vows further reform in S&T administration

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China has pledged to carry out more comprehensive reforms in the administration of science and technology (S&T) activities in order to boost innovation and efficiency.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao presides over a meeting of the national science-technology and education leading group in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 24, 2012. [Xinhua]

The current management system remains weak in terms of resource distribution and evaluation, according to a press release issued after a high-level conference presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday.

The statement reaffirmed the leading role of enterprises in promoting technical innovation and urged for more government coordination and assistance in setting up corporate-based R&D centers and alliances between businesses and public research institutions.

The coordination of research and application for new technology should be improved, the release said.

It also called for the creation of more incentives for innovation, as well as reforms in the distribution of scientific funding.

The "National Outline for Scientific and Technological Development (2006-2020)," issued in March 2010, calls for scientific endeavors to contribute to nearly 60 percent of the country's economic growth by 2020.

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