Chinese Premier Li Keqiang offers more support for research
- ‘For the economy and society to develop, it takes a good business environment and circumstances conducive to growth and achievement of talent,’ he tells meeting
- ‘We will increase support for basic and long-term research that [will] … require long-standing commitments,’ he says
“Talent training should focus on basic skills to lay a solid foundation of fundamental knowledge and theories,” he said at a meeting in Beijing to discuss a government allowance system for academics, scientists and researchers.
“We will increase support for basic and long-term research that [will] … require long-standing commitments.
“For the economy and society to develop, it takes a good business environment and circumstances conducive to growth and achievement of talent,” he said.
The allowance system has been around for about 30 years and provides funding and honorary titles to outstanding professionals from fields such as medicine, engineering and economics. Li said the honours had encouraged people to contribute to the country’s growth.
Several recipients of such honours and funds were at the meeting to provide their ideas on how China should improve its research capabilities and promote international exchanges.
