President Xi Jinping called for more efforts to make China into a country of innovators and reach frontier areas of science and technology on Oct 18. Xi made the remarks in a report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing. The five-yearly CPC congress is China's most significant political meeting, attended by more than 2,200 delegates from all walks of life. Stressing the importance of fostering a culture of innovation, and strengthening the creation, protection, and application of intellectual property, he called for more efforts to cultivate a large number of world-class scientists and technologists in strategically important fields, scientific and technological leaders, and young scientists and engineers, as well as high-performing innovation teams.

Source: SIPO