China News Digest for May 14 - May 20, 2016
China Unveils 3-Step Innovation Strategy

China on Thursday unveiled a guideline for a national strategy that maps out three major steps to promote the country's innovation-driven development. The document, jointly published by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, pledges to build China into an innovative nation by 2020, and an international leader in innovation by 2030.
 
China.org (English)


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Rely on Innovation to Create a New Development Engine and Foster New Growth Momentum
依靠创新打造发展新引擎培育增长新动能

Spotlight: China, U.S. Enjoy Great Potential for Innovation Cooperation
Xinhua (English) 


Chinese Government Sets Timetable for Reform of Centrally-Administered SOEs


Closing down "zombie companies," properly helping the affected workers and trimming sideline businesses that impair the core competence of the centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are among the measures the government will introduce in the coming two to three years to deepen the reform of these important SOEs. The decision was unveiled during an executive meeting of the State Council chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.

China Daily (English)


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SOEs Put More Efforts in Scientific Innovation
People's Daily (English)

Centrally-Administered SOEs Asked to Raise Profits by $15b by End-2017
People's Daily (English)


China Quietly Targets U.S. Tech Companies in Security Reviews


Chinese authorities are quietly scrutinizing technology products sold in China by Apple and other big foreign companies, focusing on whether they pose potential security threats to the country and its consumers and opening up a new front in an already tense relationship with Washington over digital security. Apple and other companies in recent months have been subjected to reviews that target encryption and the data storage of tech products, said people briefed on the reviews who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The reviews are run by a committee associated with the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country's Internet control bureau, they said. 


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US Media's Speculation on China Secretly Reviewing Tech Companies; Expert: the Same Old Tune
美媒炒作中国暗中审查外国科技公司专家:老调重弹 
Huanqiu (Chinese)


The State Council General Office's Opinion on Further Promoting S&T Correspondent Program

国务院办公厅关于深入推行科技特派员制度的若干意见


Four Ministries Issued Notice on Key Software and Design of IC Within the Scope of State Planning
四部委关于印发国家规划布局内重点软件和集成电路设计领域的通知

Two Ministries Issued Notice on Implementing Manufacturing Upgrade Major Projects

两部委发布关于实施制造业升级改造重大工程包的通知

Public Bidding for the Industrial Foundation Enhancing Project Starts

2016年工业强基工程实施方案招标工作正式启动

Premier Li Vows Fair Treatment for Foreign-Funded Enterprises
People's Daily (English)

MOST Mobilizes All Sectors to Promote Commercialization of Research Findings
科技部动员各方面共同促进科技成果转化

China to Launch 30 Beidou Navigation Satellites in Next 5 Years

People's Daily (English)

China Launches Yaogan-30 Remote Sensing Satellite

People's Daily (English)

Space Travel Now in a Parachute Soon Available

People's Daily (English)

China's First Medium-Long Range Unmanned Freight Plane Debuts in Shaanxi

People's Daily (English)

China Mastered Core Technology of Lithography Machine

我国有了光刻机核心技术

China's First Smart Car S&T Zone Opens in Suzhou
国内首个智能汽车科创园落户苏州

High-Tech Incubator of China-New Zealand Innovation Launches

People's Daily (English)

Baidu Hits 'Enter' on Driverless Cars

People's Daily (English)

China's High-Tech Future Emerges in Factory Town Shenzhen


China's Tsinghua Discloses iInvestment in Marvell Technology


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