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Article: China-US tech rivalry: Beijing plans to restructure national labs, boost investment in scientific research

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China is launching a systemic restructuring of its national key laboratories and articulating a 10-year plan to boost investment in fundamental science research. This effort aims to align state labs with national technology priorities and enhance China's technological capabilities amid its rivalry with the United States.

Additional priorities for 2021 include mobilizing nationwide resources for breakthroughs in key research areas and encouraging a more dominant role for enterprises in science and technology innovation.

The main topics covered are the China-US tech rivalry, the restructuring of China's state key laboratories, increased investment in basic research, and the role of enterprises in innovation.

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https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3116753/china-us-tech-rivalry-beijing-plans-restructure-national-labs-boost?utm_source=rss_feed

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Science & Research - South China Morning Post

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2021-01-07 10:00

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China-US tech rivalry: Beijing plans to restructure national labs, boost investment in scientific research
- State-backed labs that can carry out the world’s most advanced research are an important part of China’s efforts to boost its technological capabilities
- But the country has fallen short of its target of developing 700 labs by the end of 2020
China is planning to realign hundreds of “state key laboratories” with the country’s technology priorities and articulate a 10-year programme to boost spending on fundamental science research, as Beijing rolls up its sleeves in competing for tech dominance against the United States.
At the national technology working conference on Tuesday, the Ministry of Science and Technology said China will carry out a systemic restructuring of the country’s national key labs and release a 10-year plan to boost the country’s basic scientific research.
Priorities for 2021 also include mobilising a nationwide system to seek breakthroughs in key research areas, and encouraging enterprises to take on a more dominant role in science and technology research, the ministry said at the conference chaired by Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang.
“[Catching up in technology] has long been a quiet policy goal in China, but the fact that we’re seeing this explicitly come out into the open now is notable,” said Nick Marro, a global trade lead at The Economist Intelligence Unit. “China is adopting a more hardline, sober assessment of current geopolitical risks, which will inevitably drive much of its future digital policymaking.”