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China’s Medium- and Long-Term Plan
Table I-1 Key Areas, Technologies, and Programs Identified in China’s Medium- and Long-Term Plan for Development of Science and Technology
Key Areas (11): • Agriculture • Energy • Environment • Information technology industry and modern services • Manufacturing • National defense • Population and health • Public securities • Transportation • Urbanization and urban development • Water and mineral resources |
Frontier Technologies (8): • Advanced energy • Advanced manufacturing • Aerospace and aeronautics • Biotechnology • Information • Laser • New materials • Ocean |
Engineering Megaprojects* (16): • Advanced numeric-controlled machinery and basic manufacturing technology • Control and treatment of AIDS, hepatitis, and other major diseases • Core electronic components, high-end generic chips, and basic software • Drug innovation and development • Extra- large-scale integrated circuit manufacturing and technique • Genetically modified new-organism variety breeding • High-definition Earth observation systems • Large advanced nuclear reactors • Large aircraft • Large-scale oil and gas exploration • Manned aerospace and Moon exploration • New-generation broadband wireless mobile telecommunications • Water pollution control and treatment |
Science Megaprojects (4): • Development and reproductive biology • Nanotechnology • Protein science • Quantum research |
* The MLP only marks 13 megaengineering programs. The rest are presumably military-related programs. |
Adapted from C. Cao et al., 2006, China’s 15-year science and technology plan, Physics Today, p. 38.