Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said Tuesday that China will keep on promoting innovation in the scientific and technological sectors to bolster the country's sustainable development.
Delivering a keynote speech at the eighth China Beijing International High-tech Exposition, Hui said China aims to build a vibrant technological innovation system and increases support to researches on basic subjects, high technology and major projects for public service.
China will also make more efforts in turning research results into production so as to improve the scientific content, quality and benefit of China's economic development.
The five-day exposition, which opened Monday, attracted 56 delegations representing international organizations, foreign governments, foreign economic and trade institutions, as well as delegations representing 31 Chinese provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
(Xinhua News Agency May 25, 2005)
