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Science and technology in the
  People’s Republic of China
History
  • In 1976 Premier Zhou
    Enlai established
    "Science and
    Technology" (科技) as
    one of the Four
    Modernizations.
History

Before   • Soviet union
                          Isolation
           oriented
 1990                     from industry
           modeling

         • Chinese
After                     “Entering the
           economic
1990       reform
                          sea”
Scientific Research System

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Schools of Higher Education

Industrial Departments

National Defense Departments

Local Scientific Research Institutes
Development
• China – the third country in the world to
  master manned spaceflight technology
October, 15, 2003 - launch of "Shenzhou V"
Development
National strategy (expenditures of GDP):
 2005 – 1.5%
 2010 – 2%
 2020 – 3%
Research areas
•   Information Industry
•   Agriculture and Medicine
•   Genetics and Biodiversity
•   Global Change
•   Space Science
•   Social Sciences
Information industry
• Posts and telecommunications
Agriculture

• Progress in making proteinase inhibitors
Medicine
• Development of hepatitis vaccines
Medicine
• Traditional medicine against HIV
Genetics
• Chinese Genome Project
Global change
  carbon cycle
  in ice zones
  of Antarctica

                        the effect of
                     sulphocompounds
                     in China on global
                           change




         the relationship
       between elevation
       of carbon dioxide
        concentrations in
        atmosphere and
       aquatic organisms
Space science
2007: Chang’e I – the first moon probing project




                              Ou'yang Ziyuan
Space science
         2008: Zhai Zhigang
         successfully
         completes China's
         first-ever space
         walk.
Space science
• 2010: China launches Chang'e-2
Social science
• The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Development Zones
Conclusion
 PRC has passed a long way of development
and nowadays it is one of the most advanced
countries in terms of science and technology.
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Science and technology in china