China’s Scientific and Technological Innovation Strategies and New Pathways in the Context of Global Changes

Scientific and technological innovation is the key driving factor for economic development and social progress, and it gets more important in the competition for comprehensive national strength, especially in the current world that is undergoing profound changes unseen in centuries. Under such background, how can China build up its own strategies for scientific and technological innovation? To make this clear, we will discuss in this chapter the situations and challenges faced by China for scientific and technological innovation at first, then we will figure out the missions and tasks of China for its scientific and technological innovation in the new era, and on such basis we will go deeper to find out the strategy and path towards high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement.