Science and technology in the People’s Republic of China

History

• In 1976 Premier Zhou Enlai established "Science and Technology" (科技) as one of the Four Modernizations.

History

• Soviet union oriented modeling

Before 1990

•Chinese economic reform

After 1990

Isolation from industry

“Entering the sea”

Scientific Research System

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Schools of Higher Education

Industrial Departments

National Defense Departments

Local Scientific Research Institutes

Development

• China – the third country in the world to master manned spaceflight technology

October, 15, 2003 - launch of "Shenzhou V"

Development

National strategy (expenditures of GDP):

2005 – 1.5%

2010 – 2%

2020 – 3%

Research areas

• Information Industry

• Agriculture and Medicine

• Genetics and Biodiversity

• Global Change

• Space Science

• Social Sciences

Information industry

• Posts and telecommunications

Agriculture

• Progress in making proteinase inhibitors

Medicine

• Development of hepatitis vaccines

Medicine

• Traditional medicine against HIV

Genetics

• Chinese Genome Project

Global change

carbon cycle in ice zones

of Antarctica

the effect of sulphocompoundsin China on global

change

the relationship between elevation of carbon dioxide concentrations in atmosphere and

aquatic organisms

Space science

2007: Chang’e I – the first moon probing project

Ou'yang Ziyuan

Space science

2008: Zhai Zhigangsuccessfully completes China's first-ever space walk.

Space science

• 2010: China launches Chang'e-2

Social science

• The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Development Zones

Conclusion

PRC has passed a long way of development and nowadays it is one of the most advanced countries in terms of science and technology.

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