Science: Funding increase catalyst
By Fu Jing (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-05-26 09:41
A sharp increase in funding for the sciences this year is widely seen as an
effort to jump-start the country's quest to be an "innovation
nation."
The National Natural Science Foundation (NNSF) has received 3.4
billion yuan (US$425 million) from central government coffers for this
year a quarter more than last year Zhu Zuoyan, its vice-president,
told China Daily.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the
foundation, one of the main funding agencies for basic research. The central
government has set the goals of building China into an innovation nation by
2020; and a leading global scientific power by 2050.
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