China’s National Development and Reform Commission said it will prioritize basic research and original innovation during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, expanding science-and-education infrastructure and national major science facilities and implementing a package of national technology programs to raise technology supply quality. The NDRC will optimize national-level innovation platform layouts for industry-common technologies, create or upgrade national emerging-industry innovation centers and

China’s National Development and Reform Commission said it will prioritize basic research and original innovation during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, expanding science-and-education infrastructure and national major science facilities and implementing a package of national technology programs to raise technology supply quality. The NDRC will optimize national-level innovation platform layouts for industry-common technologies, create or upgrade national emerging-industry innovation centers and industrial technology engineering centers as required, and reinforce firms as the primary innovation actors by supporting companies to lead national science projects and build innovation platforms—with special support for enterprise-run basic research platforms. It will also plan and execute a set of industry innovation projects and apply extraordinary, full-chain measures to drive decisive breakthroughs on key core technologies in priority fields.