China will focus development on nine high-tech industries,
including biological and new energy, a senior official with the
country's top planning body said today.
The industries cover electronic information, biological
industry, aviation and space, high-tech services, new energy, new
material, ocean industry and the technology upgrading of
traditional industries, said Zhang Xiaoqiang, vice minister of the
National Development and Reform Commission.
China will soon publish a string of policies to encourage the
development of software and integrated circuits, digital TV and
biological medicines, Zhang said.
The commission will allocate about six billion yuan (US$799
million) in developing 12 key scientific infrastructures including
an exploration ship, Zhang said.
It will also spend 4.8 billion yuan to support the third phase
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' innovation projects, and two
billion yuan to promote independent innovation.
The commission will support the construction of 11 national
laboratories, 50 working centers and 300 corporate technology
centers, Zhang said.
Corporate investment will stimulate the development of the
high-tech industry, and as a return, the high-tech products will
benefit the companies, Zhang said.
The added value for China's high-tech industry will more than
triple this year compared with 2002, a step closer to turning the
country's into a high-tech giant, Zhang said.
Industrial added value from high-tech industries accounted for
eight percent of China's gross domestic product in 2006, three
percentage points higher than 2000, among which the sales from
high-tech manufacturers grew 27 percent annually to 4.2 trillion
yuan, Zhang said.
The export of high-tech products more than doubled last year to
US$281.5 billion, accounting for 29 percent of the country's export
volume.
China's export of high-tech products ranked second in the world,
Zhang said.
(Shanghai Daily September 27, 2007)
