Key development blueprint offers glimpse into China's sci-tech future

Intl cooperation

The draft outline said China would strengthen international sci-tech cooperation that is more open, inclusive and beneficial to all.

As China has increasingly integrated itself into the international innovation landscape, the country's sci-tech development will be an even more important engine for global innovation.

China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) is scheduled to be available for scientists worldwide from April 1. In the first year of the telescope's opening to the global scientific community, about 10 percent of the observation time will be reserved for foreign scientists.

China has actively cooperated with the world in lunar exploration, Mars probe and satellite projects.

"We hope to go forward hand in hand with our foreign counterparts to explore the mysteries of the universe and build a community with a shared future for humankind," said Bao Weiming, an expert from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

Although China is pursuing a path of technological self-sufficiency, it does not mean the country will shut itself out of the global sci-tech scenes.

Xue Lan, a professor from Tsinghua University, said self-reliance does not contradict integration into the global industrial chain, citing the IC industry as an example.

"The IC industry is a global industry, where no country can shut its doors to the outside world," Xue said.