NDRC: Support Enterprises in Leading National Science and Technology Projects and Building Innovation Platforms

At a "Striving Toward the 15th Five-Year Plan" series press conference held today by the National Development and Reform Commission, it was learned that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will focus on basic research and original innovation, prioritize the layout of science and education infrastructure and major national science and technology infrastructure, and organize the implementation of a batch of national science and technology programs to improve the quality of science and technology supply. Ren Zhongbao, Deputy Director General of the Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development of the NDRC, said that for common technology development across industries, China will improve the layout of national-level science and technology innovation platforms and bases, and newly build or upgrade a batch of national emerging industry innovation centers and national industrial technology engineering centers as needed for national mission implementation. For enterprise technological innovation, China will continue to strengthen the status of enterprises as the main body of science and technology innovation, support enterprises in leading the implementation of national science and technology projects and the construction of innovation platforms, with particular emphasis on supporting enterprises in building basic research platforms. A batch of industrial innovation projects will be planned and implemented, and extraordinary measures will be taken to drive decisive breakthroughs in key core technology research in priority fields across the entire chain. (CCTV News)