The State Council, or the Chinese cabinet, has recently issued the country's outline for the development of science and technology from 2006 to 2020.

The outline has highlighted the implementation of a "scientific view of development" in the field of science and technology, and has set the goal of building China into a country with a strong capability of independent innovations.

More than 2,000 experts from various fields spent two years drafting the outline.

(Xinhua News Agency December 31, 2005)