Govt policy moves from past week

Science to boost innovation capacity

The State Council published a guideline on July 24 to further optimize the management of science and research as part of efforts to boost the country’s key innovation capacities.

According to the guideline, the management of scientific and research programs and related funds will be optimized, with measures to cut the red tape faced by researchers and give them greater control over their personnel, finance and other resources.

The government management of scientific research will be reformed so that no repeated filing of materials is required in the national scientific and technological management information system.

Examinations, evaluations and audits of various kinds will be reduced, and researchers will be allowed to purchase professional services, such as accounting, to free them from unnecessary chores.

Researchers will be allowed to change their technical routes on the condition that their research directions and targets remain unchanged, the guideline said.

More salary incentives will be offered to researchers who take part in tasks leading to breakthroughs in key technologies, and the annual salary mechanism will be introduced for research team leaders and high-caliber talents, according to the guideline.