As the life service industry is an important area to promote consumption and improve people's livelihood, the Chinese authorities recently issued some guiding opinions on accelerating the digital empowerment of life services.
China's comprehensive sci-tech innovation capacity soared in 2023, showing a meteoric rise since 2012. That's according to the China Regional Science and Technology Innovation Evaluation Report 2023 recently published by the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (CASTED), showing a score of 77.13 points in 2023 and marking 16.85 points increase since 2012.
From rural revitalization to industry modernization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is unleashing the power of sci-tech innovation to spur its high-quality development.
China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) recently released the 2023 version of the guideline for responsible conduct of research, providing a set of scientific and ethical norms for researchers and institutions.
Sci-tech innovation should lead the construction of a modern industrial system,?and disruptive and cutting-edge technologies should be used to produce new industries and develop new productive forces. This was the consensus of the Central Economic Work Conference held in Beijing on December 11 and 12.
To advance Chinese modernization, China must spare no effort to strengthen the foundation of the agricultural sector and advance rural revitalization across the board. That's the message conveyed at the annual Central Rural Work Conference held in Beijing from December 19 to 20, which outlined priorities of rural work in 2024.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is making great strides in renewables, a boon to its green and low-carbon development.
The Ministry of Science and Technology of China recently issued the Regulations on Nomination for National Science and Technology Awards, in a bid to further standardize the nomination process for the awards and motivate scientists' enthusiasm for sci-tech innovation.
China will expand the use of domestic biodiesel to establish a replicable policy and development path for wider application of biodiesel and other green liquid fuels nationwide, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said in a notice in November.
Henan caught public attention again in December due to the recently-concluded 2023 World 5G Convention in provincial capital Zhengzhou, where 115 cooperation projects with a total investment of more than 11 billion RMB were signed.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China recently announced its commitment to fostering a unified global standard for 6G technology, heralding a new era of international industrial innovation collaboration.
The World Health Organization released the World Malaria Report 2023 on November 30, which shows that there were an estimated 249 million malaria cases globally in 2022, exceeding 2021 and 2019’s levels by five million and 16 million cases respectively.
The State Council announced a new plan on November 23 to open up the service sector wider. Plan 2.0 is a follow-up on a policy released in 2020, when Beijing became China's first integrated national demonstration zone for opening up the service sector.
Efforts will be made to coordinate the high-level environment protection and high-quality development.
Priorities will be given to the key areas such as national major sci-tech tasks and sci-tech SMEs.
China recently released a guideline on boosting sci-tech innovation in the field of cultural relics.
A batch of smart photovoltaic projects will be constructed.
In early November, a guideline on promoting humanoid robot development was released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, proposing to establish a preliminary innovation system for humanoid robots by 2025, while constructing an industrial ecology with international competitiveness before 2027.
China plans to expand the coverage of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in public service roles in 15 cities, including Beijing, Shenzhen, Chongqing Chengdu and Zhengzhou, according to a notice released on November 14.
?During the Spring Festival, Science and Technology Daily reporters traveled across the country to explore how sci-tech innovation has improved people's well-being.
