Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said science and technology are
playing the "supporting and the leading" role in China's
socio-economic development.
At the seventh national congress of China Association for
Science and Technology (CAST), Wen said scientific development and
innovation could solve a series prominent problems occurring in
China's development.
Science and technology could alleviate resource pressure in the
agricultural sector, upgrade the structure of industries and
products, transfer the economic growth mode and speed up
development in education, public health and social affairs, Wen
said.
He raised three goals for China's developing science and
technology sector: help meet the country's new five-year plan, win
a due place for China in the world's science and technology
frontier and cultivate and create world-class scientists and
researchers.
(Xinhua News Agency May 25, 2006)
