General Secretary Xi Jinping Guides the High-Quality Development of Basic Research

On the morning of April 30, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended a symposium in Shanghai on strengthening basic research and delivered an important speech, setting out plans to promote the development of basic research under the new circumstances and pointing the way for related work. The report reviewed how, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has continuously introduced a series of major decisions around scientific and technological innovation and basic research, steadily advancing China’s basic research capabilities and continuously consolidating the foundation for original innovation. The article pointed out that, under strategic guidance, China will continue to strengthen basic research and the development of original innovation capabilities, steadily advancing toward the goal of becoming a science and technology powerhouse.