1. Basic research and cutting-edge technological innovation capabilities have been significantly enhanced.
In the past five years, China’s basic research has achieved a number of major original innovations. The total number of international papers ranked fourth in the world, accounting for 7% of the total number of papers in the three major international paper retrieval systems (SCI, EI, ISTP), entering the world's second square, equivalent to the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan;
The number of nanoscience papers ranks first in the world, and the number of engineering science papers ranks second in the world. A number of breakthroughs have been made in core technologies in the field of cutting-edge technologies, and the gap with the world's advanced level has been continuously narrowed.
2. Industrial technological innovation has achieved breakthroughs in many aspects.
In recent years, China’s technological innovation capabilities have been greatly improved in the fields of basic industry, processing manufacturing and emerging industries, with major technological innovations in petroleum, steel, shipbuilding, electronic information, advanced equipment manufacturing and biotechnology. Results continue to emerge, and the overall technical quality of the industry has reached a new level.
3. Technology has entered thousands of households and benefited hundreds of millions of people.
In recent years, the Chinese government has given prominence to solving people's livelihood problems and developing social undertakings. Scientific and technological progress has provided strong support for population health, energy conservation and emission reduction, climate change, disaster prevention and reduction, and public security. support.
The cultivation and application of hybrid rice and the implementation of grain yield science and technology projects provide important support for solving food security. In the energy field, we have made breakthroughs in a number of key technologies such as oil exploration, complete sets of large-scale coal liquefaction engineering equipment, large-scale hydropower equipment, and advanced nuclear power. We have also conquered a number of key technologies in new energy such as fuel cells, wind energy, and biomass energy to adjust the energy structure and ensure energy security. laid the foundation.
4. The level of intellectual property output has been greatly improved.
In the past five years, China’s domestic invention patent applications and authorizations have continued to grow rapidly, and its intellectual property creation capabilities have been further enhanced. From 2002 to 2006, the number of domestic invention patent applications increased from 39,700 to 122,000, and the number of domestic invention patent authorizations increased from 0.58 million to 25,000.
5. The scale and intensity of investment in science and technology continue to increase.
In 2006, the total expenditure on science and technology of the whole society was 450 billion yuan, and the total expenditure on research and development of the whole society was 300.31 billion yuan, ranking fifth in the world. The proportion of GDP reached 1.42%.
In the past five years, the state's financial investment in science and technology has maintained a rapid growth of 17% per year. In 2006, the central government's science and technology allocation reached 100.97 billion yuan, an increase of 25.0% over the previous year.
6. China has become the world’s largest country in scientific and technological human resources.
In 2005, China’s total scientific and technological human resources were approximately 35 million, ranking first in the world; in 2006, China’s full-time research and experimental development personnel reached 1.5 million per year; a dynamic workforce The team of young and middle-aged scientific and technological talents is growing rapidly, and young and middle-aged scientific researchers under the age of 45 account for 80% of the total number of researchers.